AustLit

The script held in the Crawford Collection in the AFI Research Collection contains the following character notes (excluding regular characters):

'CHARLIE HILL: 35. Good looking with an air of failure about him. Emotionally disturbed. Taken some hard knocks. Must drive.

'SUSAN HILL: 30. Pretty, but very tired. She's borne a lot of responsibility over the years. Strong personality. Basically middle class. Suburban.

'JOHNNY HILL: 7. Very shy and of fragile constitution. Loves both his parents.

'EDDIE ROSOLINO: 45. Ex-con. Reformed, now successful artist. Rough hewn, but easy going nature.

'GERALD MOORE: 55. English and a bit superior. Elegant dresser. Art critic who wields an acidic pen. Snob. Surrounds himself with good taste.

'WALTER MACDIVOTT: 55-60. Former fence, now reformed and respectable Large man, possibly with bushy beard. Modified Bohemian.

'LUCY MACDIVOTT: 35-40. Nice looking. No lines.'

'GLADYS TOOMEY: 30-35. Very hip. Cultivates arty people. Very anti-establishment, but tolerant as well.

'JACK NEELEY: 65. Pensioner. Bar fly.

'TOM SULLEY: 65-70. Metho drinker. Comic role.

'DOUG STEPHENS: 50. Ex-service man. Burly, self made. Fancies a hero image. A suuccessful business man. A modern expensive home.

'POLICEMEN (2): Both uniformed. No lines.

'HIPPIE: Extra. 20. Male. Long hair. No lines.

'TAXI DRIVER: Friendly talkative.

'MAN: No lines. Must drive.

'WOMAN: No lines.

'DOG:

'2 MEN IN A PUB'.