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'JANIE MITCHELL. 25-30 years. An emotional, intelligent and highly sensitive girl of more than average intelligence. An ex-University Student, now writing a novel. The break-up between her and Dave leads to a schitzophrenic mental state, a happy, romantic and highly imaginative girl and a potential phychopathic [sic] killer.

'DAVE GIBBS. 25-35 years. A failure at University, a man with good intentions, but, through character weakness, bad results. Has served a jail sentence in Western Australia, after a weak attempt at a hold-up. Has lived with Janie, is now engaged to Pam Harper.

'PAM HARPER. 25-30 years. Attractive-looking, rather empty-headed, but determined in a feminine way.

'MERLE. 40-50 years. A kind, simple soul. Lets rooms in down-at-heel boarding house, "Aloha". Used to living in semi-squalor.

'MRS COLLINS. 25-30 years. Normally a quiet woman, proud of her baby. But because of her loss, she is only just able to retain control of herself.

'DR. BIRRELL (Or actor to emulate him.)

'EXTRAS. Two women in Police Station required to weep. One man in street. No speech.'

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'THE FAMILY:

'"WILD MICK" O'CONNELL (SUGGEST: Owen Weingott) (45-55 years) Father of the notorious O'Connell family. A "wild Irishman". An ex-boxer of the West Melbourne Stadium days. Completely extrovert, Mick, with a few drinks in him, will do anything, fight anyone. A loveable character if he is your friend. He lives by his wits, petty larceny and punting on horses. He still retains an "Irish-ness" of speech. He bears an eyebrow scar and a bent nose. Mick has a good Irish sense of humour. Long police record for petty crimes.

'"MOTHER" O'CONNELL (45-55 years) Mick's wife. Fond of the drink. Irish. Hard, but sentimental. Runs the family. Used to own a brothel where three of her daughters worked. She lives Mick's life to the full.

'ELLEN O'CONNELL The youngest daughter of the O'Connells. Ellen is pretty, viviacious, full of drive and possesses a tremendous sense of fun. She lives by her quick wits and her pretty face. A good schemer, she is too liable to do things on a grand scale just for the hell of it.

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'JOHN KELLY (45-55 years) Irish, formerly a great friend of the O'Connells, suspected of having caused the arrest of one of their sons, he now finds himself in the miserable position of being hated by the whole family, and decides to drown his sorrows on St. Patrick's day [sic]. He owns a second-hand dealer's shop and house. Receives stolen goods at times.

'PAT DOOLAN (35-45 years) An Irish friend of the O'Connells. Owns a furniture van which he drives for a firm. A wag, very fond of the drink. Full of fun. Has a police record for larceny.

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'THE "STAND-OVER" MEN:

'VINCE MORGAN (35-45 years) A thoroughly evil man. A pitiless extortionist who has skipped N.S.W. bail. He is the brains behind the extortion racket in the Yarra Central district, carefully picking victims who, for their own reasons, cannot appeal for police protection.

'TOMMY SHAW (20-25 years) A brutal man, a boxer with a bad reputation. He used to know "Wild Mick" through their boxing interest but has sunk below Mick's rough-and-ready standards of morals. A "flashy" dresser.

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'THE VICTIMS:

'MAX TAYLOR (35-45 years) Owns a small electrical shop which he uses as a cover for the receiving of stolen goods. He keeps company with the two stand-over men, but is himself a victim of their system. A weak man, he is also a bully, sly and devious.

'EMMA TAYLOR (30-35 years) Max's wife. She despises him, and is aware that his dealings are not always honest. She is frightened of Max, but doesn't know how to break with him. A woman who should evoke sympathy.

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'OTHERS:

'MORRIE WHELAN Middle aged. Owner of the pub frequented by the O'Connells. Friendly to the police, he often supplies them with useful information if they come to him and ask for it.

'SHOPKEEPER A victim of the "stand-over" men.

'TONY CIRO Italian who has a shop next door and acts as a witness to the assault of the shopkeeper.

'HOUSEWIFE A working woman. European, possibly Dutch. Not much accent. Excitable.

'EXTRAS For pub scenes, a mini-van driver, people to claim stolen goods.'

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'LESLEY FISHER A unique figure among criminals .. a modern Squizzy Taylor.

'Short - 5'2" - thickset. Aged 40. Cunning and ambitious. He started as a very small-time crim., and worked his way to the position of gang-land boss. He is conceited and self-assured .. a cocky manner, but not noisy.

'A lot of his henchmen have served long sentences, but Fisher has only served a couple of short terms. He has a flair for organizing 'jobs' ... with attention to detail, and so, in the crim. world, he passes for a great 'brain'.

'His clothes are immaculate, and only a shade flash. Expensive suits ... razor sharp creases in trousers .. perfectly laundered shirt cuffs showing ... cuff links .. expensive tie pin .. a 'pre-shaped' handkerchief in breast pocket. Small, new-looking hat. Drives car.

'Genuinely loves his wife, Valerie. Completely devoted.

'VALERIE FISHER Attractive, pleasant, young woman with a good background. Has standards. Very much in love with Fisher, completely taken in by him. Would not believe anything bad about him.

'ERIC HUTCHINSON 34. Tall, strong, rugged type. A seasoned professional crim. who enjoys being on a job. Admires Fisher and is unquestioningly loyal. Despite his toughness, he has an easy-going outlook .. and a certain amount of charm. Must be able to drive fast and skilfully.

'TOM LANGLEY Aged 60. A veteran crim. with a long record of robbery and violence: Starting in the late 1920's when gangs were flourishing.

'At 60, he is still strong and active but troubled by a bad leg. On a job he is ruthless, unconcerned about his victims. At home with his grand-daughter, Julie Williams, he is just another human being.

'JULIE WILLIAMS 18-20. A nice girl, of working class background. Very fond of her grand-father, has always known of his criminal activities and just accepts it. Has a great respect for Fisher.

'GRAYSON Owner of a prosperous supermarket, has a precise mind and lives by schedules. He would attribute his success to this.

'A dreary man, but in the live scenes with Banner, he is seen as a decisive character who is not going to let a robbery and assault disturb the normal routine.

'JOAN CLEMENTS 25-30. A shop-lifter, who has had an affair with Fisher. Strong, attractive, with a coarse manner. Has an almost psychotic dread of going back to prison and this causes her to fight like a maniac when Banner and Peters arrest her.

'ELDERLY MAN Ex-blue collar worker, on pension or superannuation. Has become the complete spectator. Watches the brawl involving Joan Clements in much the same way as he would watch a quiet district cricket match.

'MRS. REYNOLDS Well-to-do, dignified, resents having a known criminal living in the house next door.

'CERNIK New Australian cafe proprietor. One scene only. No dialogue.

'DETECTIVES. One scene only. No dialogue.'

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'CHRIS GARDNER Youngish businessman - quite prosperous with a seemingly assured future. A pleasant personality, but nothing at all extraordinary about him. Just an average bloke of his particular type. His whole world is changed in the instant when he's involved in a fatal accident.

'KAY GARDNER The ideal wife for Chris Gardner (see above). Prior to the accident, she was a happy woman - living in complete security.

'JOHN DAVIS A solicitor with a lucrative practice - mainly concentrates on handling of real estate transactions and investments. In outlook, he is a conventional adherent of the establishment, but he is not fusty in manner. Can be unrestrained and volatile in arguments with his wife. A strong personality. Drives car.

'THERESA DAVIS Wife of John. Loves him, but is often angered by aspects of his conservatism. An activist - living in comfort, but drawn to people at the other end of the social scale. Most of the time, she is humourless - direct, saying whatever comes into her mind.

'CHARLES HAMMOND (50) A businessman - very moderate education. Has acquired a degree of "smoothness", but lapses sometimes. A competent hypocrite. Persecuted his wife until she left him. He has no conscience about this.

'RUTH HAMMOND (50) Charles Hammond's wife. A pathetic derelict. One scene.

'STELLA JOHNSON (In forties) A woman who has been brow-beaten and physically battered until she has no initiative whatever. Completely crushed.

[Note: The notes '(2 scenes)' has been struck out after this character note, and a note made in the margin that the character will appear in film scenes, and not just, as originally planned, in live scenes.]

'CLIFF JOHNSON (45 or so) A factory foreman. Strong. He is another of those characters who make a point of being pleasant to everyone but their wives. When he torments Stella, there is no gloating sadism. It is straight-out brutality.'

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The first scene of this episode involves a character called Errol Bremner 'being interviewed by Mike Walsh on the "Today" set' (according to the stage directions). Tony Ward, who had already left his role as John Hunter on Hunter by this time, had himself been a current-affairs reporter in the early 1960s (first on Channel 7's Seven Days and then on Channel 10's Telescope) and would become one again in the early 1970s, when he joined the crew of Mike Willessee's A Current Affair.

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'ALBERT MORTON. Fiftyish, rather drab and sad, a man who has worked hard all his life without really getting anywhere, and who now sees his world crumbling.

'BRIAN SLADE Thirties, smart, intelligent, with-it. A young man who has seen a great future in a comparatively dull job and who, in his search for compensating excitement, has become associated with criminals. He cannot accept this role but finds himself too weak to break their hold.

'GIOVANNI STEFANO. Forties. A ruthless manipulator of people who has built a modest migrants' club into a major gambling and crime syndicate.

'HARKNESS. Manager of a credit company. Late forties, efficient, rather tense, humourless and unemotional. To him, human values can only be assessed in red and black.

'JENNY MORTON. An attractive and intelligent girl, early twenties.

'PAUL CAVANAGH. Twenties. Good-looking, slightly spoilt son of wealthy parents, who despite a playboy image, is genuinely fond of Jenny.

'MRS. MORTON. Fifties. Invalid wife of Bert Morton who tries to play down her illness and stay cheerful for the sake of her husband and daughter.

'LUCIANO VIRGONA. Thirties. Big, bouncerish.

'ANNA ZELLINI. Twenties. An attractive but haunting girl. Only a few lines, but must make a strong impression. Fundamentally decent, she has been bullied and conned into becoming a prostitute.

'SALLY HOWARD. Quite attractive. A bright, warm young girl who is Morton's only real friend at his office.

'DR. HOLMAN. A capable surgeon.

'SIR GEORGE WELLMAN. Fifties, distinguished. Brilliant neuro surgeon.'

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The script for this episode held in the Crawford Collection includes neither episode synopsis nor character notes.

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'CHRIS GRANGER. Age 28, but looks lined and older than his years after serving three years in prison. Tall with sunken cheeks, close cropped hair, his manner is one of quiet authority. He has been a cracksman, a top criminal tradesman, never a thug. After his release from gaol, he has made up his mind that he will never return there. He is quietly determined to go straight and ensure that his brother goes straight with him.

'BERNIE GRANGER. Younger brother of Chris, aged 18 or 19. He has always hero-worshipped Chris and wants to be a big-time criminal like him. But whereas Chris had a profession, that happened to be criminal, it is the criminality itself that appeals to Bernie. He is a rebel against society, against the police who put his brother away, and against the narrow-minded self-righteousness of his father. Bernie is volatile and voluble, good-looking, a flashy dresser, and with a devil-may-care demeanour that conceals his adolescent uncertainty.

'MR GRANGER. Age 55-60, father of Chris and Bernie whom he has raised since his wife died during Bernie's birth. A hard man, ex regular army, with strong ideas on morality but no generosity in his soul. The children have rebelled because he always treated them like a drill squad on the barrack sqaure.

'MARIE Age 24. Chris Granger's de facto. Looks like a good-time girl. Not bad sort but rather brainless.

'MRS CUNNINGHAM. Aged at least 70. She grew up in style on her father's property in Queensland, married young and lost her husband in World War I. Her fortunes have declined over the years, and in the last decade she has become progressively lonely and more poor. But she still tries desperately to keep up appearances and never forgets that she is a gracious lady. She is much to proud to expect or ask for charity.

'MULLENS Age 40-50. Owns a billiards saloon from which he directs the operations of various small-time criminals, wears a bow-tie and brylcreem, affects an elaborate style of speech.

'KROGER Villainous-looking thug. Virtually an extra.

'FINCH Typical crim. Early 40's. About four lines only.

'STEWART, HALL Criminals. No lines. Should be cast as extras to provide contrasting types.

'PASTRANI Italian butcher in Victoria Market. Aged 40-50. One good scene.

'PASSER-BY (MALE) One scene where he comes to Mrs. Cunningham's rescue after she has collapsed at the market. Decent, working-man type. Any age.

'GARAGE ATTENDANT Mid-30's. In one scene, in which Bernie drives away without paying for his petrol.'

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'NARELLE A fluffy blonde in her early 20's, somewhat childish and none too bright. She works as a prostitute and there is more than a hint of a lesbian relationship with her "Friend", Patsy.

'PATSY One or two years older than Narelle - tall and dark with a dominant personality. She favours clothes with a masculine flavour - although not too overtly so. For example, slack suits but never collars or ties. A fairly tough spirit, she is the driving force in her criminal ventures with Narelle.

'BRUCE CLARKE Mid 40's. Prize-winning door-to-door salesman of encyclopedias. Bespectacled, fast-talking would-be man-about-town. He picks up Narelle and Patsy, is robbed by them, and is in terror of what his wife will say.

'ERNIE JACOBS Late 40's - a big man, moody, with an explosive temper. A fellow-salesman with Bruce. He has lost his wife to another man, visits her while in Melbourne and unsuccessfully tries to argue her back.

'DENNIS MASON Age 23-28. The youngest of the three salesmen who have a night out. Good-humoured, eager to please, sensible.

'BRENDA JACOBS Late 30's. Ernie's run away wife. Attractive in a domestic sort of way, she is six months pregnant at the time this story takes place. She has left Ernie because he could not give her the child she wanted. A sympathetic character.

'TOM BAKER The man with whom Brenda is living. Late 30's or early 40's, must be smaller than Ernie, must be able to drive a truck. He is in league with some tough criminals, and helps them to organize robberies from trucks. His eyesight is failing because of optic nerve trouble. Occasionally, especially in moments of stress, he presses his fingers to his eyes, suffering a headache.

'MIKE BURNS / STEVE BURNS Two professional criminals - late 20's, or early 30's. Steve must be driver [sic], both should look good in a fight.

'EDDY GRIGG Mid-50's - respectable-looking, bespectacled, business-suited customer who is robbed by Narelle and Patsy. Appears in Teaser only. Car-driver. Losing his hair.

'BILL FRANKLIN Mid 30's, Tom Baker's mate on the truck. Two scenes only. A little dialogue.

'TRUCKY Any age, able to drive a truck, two scenes in which he befriends Narelle and Patsy when they are hitching a lift. Good, friendly type.

'TAXI DRIVER Any age. Two lines in one scene only.

'POLICE DRIVER (CONSTABLE HALL) Drives the divvy van with Dwyer. 20-30. Two or three lines of dialogue only.

'KAUFMANN Any age. Slight German accent. Manager of strip club. Appears in several scenes. Eager to get on the right side of the law, while keeping his customers happy. Money is his life.

'ROSIE BURNS Mid-20's, the wife of Mike Burns - she runs the roadhouse which they own. A criminal's wife - tough but with a certain homely quality. Not brassy or flashy.

'BARLADY: A motherly figure to whom the three salesmen tell their troubles.

'MACGREGOR A drunk, around 50, with a Scottish accent. Fairly rough, a regular customer at the police station. Likeable withall.

'"BENNO" BENEK MacGregor's companion. New Australian drunk, with little English or dialogue. The straight man in MacGregor's knock-about turn. Likeable and comic.

'WAITRESS Works in Kaufmann's club, young, sexily built, sexless personality. One scene only.

'HOTEL WAITER About 40, serves Bruce Clarke with champagne in his room. Calls the police when Bruce is robbed and is contemptuous of Bruce's association with Narelle and Patsy.

'THE POLICE

'YOUNG CONSTABLE Early 20's, works at charge counter with Scotty MacLeod. Straight out of police cadet school and learning the job the hard way.'

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'JACK PARSONS Forty-ish, a man of pathetic anger and anxiety. A private detective who hates his work, is under pressure because of medical expenses for a chronically asthmatic wife. Becomes involved with criminals. Actor able to drive.

'BETTY PARSONS Forty-ish. Parsons' asthmatic wife. She feels sorrow for what her husband has become, but conceals this from him. Realizes he is in some kind of trouble, but is afraid to find out what it is.

'RICKY PEEL Mid-thirties. A hard and vicious criminal who is basically a coward. The kind of man who beats his children and expects them to love him. Physically, a quite formidable type.

'SHIRLEY PEEL Mid-thirties. Under a hard veneer, she is a good mother. She loathes her husband completely, and fears him.

'RONNY RAYNOR Late twenties. A young crim., mate and admirer of Ricky Peel. Has been in plenty of trouble with the police before, and will probably finish up doing a long sentence for a vicious crime. Physically intimidating. Actor able to drive.

'JUNE ANDERSON About Frank Banner's age. Was quite a plain girl who has become beautiful by sophistication. She loved Banner and lost him to Joy. She has come back to show Banner how well she has got on without him, but finds herself falling in love all over again like a young girl.

'CONSTABLE HOOPER A lanky, idle, disgruntled first constable.

'MALE EMPLOYEE

'SAMMY JUDD Established in previous eps.

'RESTAURANT WAITER Expensive red-jacket type.'

In the latter part of this script, flashbacks to the first episode (and, more particularly, the death of Banner’s wife and baby) are interspersed with this current episode.

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'BETTY WALSH Thirty-ish, not intelligent, a confused girl, used by people like Walsh and Brown. Afraid of being alone, always aware of her childhood innocence and the sordidness that her life has become.

'JOHN BROWN Late twenties. A young thief, cowardly, always angry at others because of his own flawed character, of which he's well aware. Actor able to drive.

'LEN WALSH A savage. Cold, hard menacing. [sic] A threat of violence emanates from this man at all times. Forty-five years old, very strongly built, and far from stupid. Actor able to drive.

'EDDY FRITH A Boarding House Keeper. [sic] Forty-ish, sharp 'cheap' dresser. Not a bad bloke, fairly well built.

'GIRL & YOUNG MAN Late teens or early twenties.

'USED CAR SALESMAN A happy, honest middle-aged man.

'PEDESTRIAN Almost hit by police car.

'EXTRA P.C. Actor able to drive.'

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'WILLIAM HARRIS A widower who has never recovered from the death of his wife. Became neurotic after she died. Gave up work - declaring it was too much of a strain. Is probably trying to keep the past alive. Insists on retaining all the ageing furniture that he and his wife owned..even [sic] though there is not sufficient space in the smaller house he now occupies. He has become completely self-centred.. e.g. [sic] wants his daughter, Sheila, to devote her entire lift [sic] to his needs.

'He has a persecution complex - arising from his self-absorption. Hates Fred Jenkins - the man who tried to take his daughter away. When he tries to burn Jenkins' house down, he sees it as a right and proper act of punishment.

'SHEILA HARRIS Has a full sense of responsibility towards her father; but finds him too demanding, too much of a strain. When she is living with him, she has practically no life of her own. She is perpetually harrassed..worn..sees every day as a burden. [sic]

'Fred Jenkins is not really her type; but - understandably - she accepted his invitation to live with him. He was easy-going, amusing - a man without grievances... However, her father made such a fuss that she left Jenkins.. on [sic] the understanding that she would return after persuading her father to go into a home...

'FRED JENKINS Was not very serious about Sheila. To him it was just one more affair. Obtained a replacement almost as soon as she had gone.

'He is a natural con man. An Australian with not a great deal of education, but a flare for words and phrases. He is good-natured and humorous..likes [sic] the sound of his own quips, but doesn't laugh at them and rarely looks for applause.

'He is a man without malice - even when provoked. On the other hand, he has no depth of sympathy for anyone. The opening scene - where he makes fun of Harris - is an example of his indifference to people's feelings. Later he refuses to 'put Harris in' as the man who tried to burn his home; but even this reflects a somewhat irresponsible attitude; because, at this point, Harris must be classed as a danger to the public.

'RHONDA Takes over from Sheila - and is more typical of the type of woman Jenkins installs as 'temporary de facto'. She has a bright personality, sex appeal, but is not over-intelligent. Feels malice towards her predecessor - Sheila.

'JACK BEAUMONT A laconic type. Doesn't talk much. A natural foil for Jenkins. There is an easy affinity between them.

'GREG STOVER & BERT WALES Two tough young laborer types. They are bad youths; but good mates. Team well together. Wales is the brighter of the two and tends to be the leader.

'YOUTH An average young man. Normally quite unaggressive; but is exasperated when Harris accuses him of behaving like a lout.'

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'JOHN NOBLE: Thirtyish. He hit the big-time as a pop singer a few years ago, made money with a splash but spent it just as fast. Then suddenly his popularity was over. And he couldn't accept that. He was a god, now he's expected to be just an ordinary bloke again - take a job at low wages, buy a house in the suburbs. So he won't admit he's finished. He drinks too much, is ready to steal money rather than work for it. But that's better than being a nobody, going nowhere. (Actor must be able to drive.)

'JENNY NOBLE: Noble's wife. Mid-twenties, a youthful, sensitive girl. She met John when his popularity was waning; now she's deeply in love with him, despite his faults. Just pregnant, she wants security for herself and the baby. Wants to live like any ordinary family. That's all she asks.

'BEN LIPSON: Fortyish. A criminal type, an experienced safe breaker who has previous convictions and has 'done time'. He is ready to sell out his mates when things get tough for him. But outwardly he's hard, tough looking. (Actor must be able to drive.)

'CONSTABLE RON HALL: Police constable established in earlier episodes. A humorist.

'TRUCKIE: Rough, burly, the kind of man who doesn't mind running drugs down from Sydney to make a bit on the side. Does his job, expects to get paid on delivery. (No actual driving scenes)

'JENNY'S SISTER: A doctor's wife; older, more sophisticated, more durable than Jenny. And protective towards her younger sister. (Actress must be able to drive.)

'TONY TODD: Mid-twenties. Smooth young man, ex-manager of a pop group - he was exploiting teenagers even when he was one himself. He's ambitious, and sees himself as a 'Mr. Big' in the world of drug trafficking. He runs a disco and sells drugs on the side, through his pushers.

'RICHARD RICE: Late twenties. 'Mod' - a musician who's been pushing drugs for Tony Todd. A bit soft physically, a 'mother's boy' but smooth and clever and sly too.

'WAITRESS (YOUNG GIRL): Eighteen or nineteen. Serves coffee at the disco. Has a habit of overhearing conversations and passing on interesting bits of information to Tony Todd. No dialogue.

'TEENAGE EXTRAS: Kids ranging from sixteen to twenties who are enjoying the music and the crowd at the disco.

'BERT GOLDING (CLUB MANAGER): Middle-aged. Smooth, plump impresario type. His business is making money from singers and groups. When they're washed up, he doesn't want to know them.

'DWYER'S GIRLFRIEND: A pretty, typical teenager who enjoys a good time. No dialogue.

'YOUNG COUPLE: Boy about eighteen, girl barely sixteen. 'Nice kids' caught courting in parked car by the police. Boy able to drive.

'OTHERS: Uniformed constable, and wood splitter (at fuel merchant's yard). Both actual.'

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'JEROME VALENTINE A proud, self-made man. Paternalistic, consciously "plain and ordinary", has carefully built a reputation for being the nicest man in Melbourne. On the other side of the coin, he has a mistress, controls several rackets and wouldn't hesitate to have someone killed. Drives a car.

'COLIN SWEENEY Attractive, intelligent man. Has done a prison term, but is not a standard criminal type in as much as he is educated, and witty - in a cynical type of way.

'ADRIENNE Extremely attractive. Has been around and has no illusions left. She performs as Valentine's mistress purely because of the money and the comfort. But her heart belongs to Sweeney.

'MARIA STEINER German extraction. Valentine's housekeeper. A rather downtrodden but determined woman with problems. Dour - life is a struggle to survive.

'MIKE WARDEN Hard, tough, professional crim. Valentine's front man who runs his nightclub, does his dirty work.

'ARTHUR VALENTINE Valentine's son. Normal, balanced, nice person. Has no idea regarding the darker side of his father's nature. Drives a car.

'HELEN VALENTINE Valentine's wife. Nothing is ever right. A rather bitter, unsatisfied person, given to self-pity and fault-finding.

'RALPH O'CONNOR A crim. Efficient in his way but not bright and has no sense of humour. He has an earnest quality which is because he has to concentrate very hard to understand things.

'DR. CLIVE MORRISON Personable young doctor who is out at a nightclub with a girl other than his wife.

'CATHY SCOTT Attractive. The girl who is out with Dr. Morrison.

'REVEREND McINNES Vigorous, appealing Cleric.

'JOAN Any age. Valentine's secretary.

'CAB DRIVER

'NURSE

'ELIZABETH Attractive girl, Arthur's wife.

'BERYL MITCHELL Maria's friend. Pleasant.'

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