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'When Bluey cannot get the co-operation he wants from the Assistant Commissioner, he sets up an elaborate ruse using Truscott, and nearly loses him a close friend. [sic]

'Department B has been given the job of investigating Lonely Hearts Clubs which are somehow involved in burglary of houses whilst women are out on dates set up through the clubs.

'Things start to go wrong when Truscott, in the process of investigating an office, is caught red handed and it appears that he will have to serve time for breaking and entering unless Bluey can come up with a plan to get him off. Bluey's plan, however, gets Truscott into more trouble.'

Source: Synopsis held in the Crawford Collection in the AFI Research Collection (RMIT).

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

'BERNIE FIELD Around 35, fair looks, but nothing special. He runs a small chain of lonely hearts clubs which he uses to his criminal advantage.

'GEORGE BURROUGHS 40, a grotty little man, who runs a grotty little club. He works for Field, but runs a prostitution racket on the side.

'ARTHUR RICE 30. works [sic] for Burroughs, knows the ins and outs of the business but is more interested in the prostitution side of the job.

'WALLY WATERS 35/6, a good thief who has the respect of the police as a square shooter. It is only by accident that anyone gets hurts when he works, but that's no excuse.

'JUNE PETERS 40 odd, a lonely woman, looking for companionship. Victim of the racket.

'JOHN LEACH Not at all good looking, inthe [sic] same age group as June. He isa [sic] male equivalent of her.

'FAT SALLY Wow. Around 35. Very large but a delightful person. Sense of humour and happy.

'FORENSIC MAN Happy in his work.

'DETECTIVE Knows how to tap a phone.

'UNIFORM P/c [sic] Seen once.

'GIRL Bash victim.

'BEAUTY Young, ravishing -'.