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The script held in the Crawford Collection in the AFI Research Collection contains the following character notes (excluding regular characters):
'RICKY: A 31 year old rocker. Tall, good-looking in a lean sparse way. A dreamer, reluctant to face reality until the very last. The driver.
'CHAS: Also a 31 year old rocker. Shorter, heavier, not so good looking. Like Ricky, missed the bus in '64 when rock collapsed, but unlike Ricky, a pragmatist. The mechanic.
'CASSIE STEVENS: About 17. Pretty, little make-up. Dresses casually. Carefree, impulsive, with no past, no future, just the present. A realist in her own reality.
'HELEN: About 21. Second-year law student. Into Womens' and any other minority Rights [sic]. Confident, at times aggressive. An idealist.
'CROFT: About 28. Well groomed, fashionably dressed. Confident, easy, yet plausible. A competent salesman.
'EMPLOYER/MANAGER:/ MR. GOODISON: About 55. Soberly dressed. No nonsense type. Knows his job, probably worked his way up from the Print Shop floor. A conservative.
'SERVICE STATION PROPRIETOR: Mid 40's. Slow, easy going type, who proves too trusting.
'SKINHEAD #1 #2. Young, weazle [sic] faced, looking for action and finding it. Drives.'
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This entry has been compiled from archival research in the Crawford Collection (AFI Research Collection), undertaken by Dr Catriona Mills under the auspices of the 2012 AFI Research Collection (AFIRC) Research Fellowship.