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The script held in the Crawford Collection in the AFI Research Collection contains the following character notes (excluding regular characters):
'FRED HAYES: Early 20's. [Note: '20' is written in blue ink above the character's age.] University student from impoverished home. Ardent political and religious activist but unpopular with most other students.
'NORM HAYES: Mid 50's. Has affection for wife and children but can be brutal and sadistic.
'MARGE HAYES: Mid 50's. Norm her second husband. She still suffers pangs of guilt as a result of having sent her adopted son back to a home at the age of six.
'GAIL HAYES: About 20. [Note: '19' is written in blue ink above the character's age.] Long hair, fairly attractive. Warm-hearted - has problem of her own but sympathetic towards her brother Fred, and "stepbrother" Ken.
'KEN WEBSTER: Aged 28. [Note: '24' is written in blue ink above the character's age.] Marge's adopted son by former marriage. Rejected by her after her second marriage. Of below-average intelligence, this rejection has left its mark.
'MARTIN FOSTER: About 20. Student friend of Fred, financially better off. Gail's boyfriend. Physically strong, but morally weak and vacillating.
'MRS. FOSTER: Late 40's. Martin's mother. Socially active, she's ceased to exhibit more than a mild interest in her son.
'BILL SMYTHE: About 20. Short, seedy youth. Ken's mate.
'FATHER REGAN: Mid 40's. In charge of boys' home. Irish?
'MR. JARVIS: Mid 30's. Swimming-pool manager.
'CHARLES WEBSTER: Approx. 54 years. Pilot. Bitter about separation from wife.
'MRS. METCALFE: Late 60's. Boarding-house landlady.
'MR. RYDER: Mid 40's. Manager of Starlight drive-in.
'JACK SMITH: Attendant, Starlight drive-in.
'MECHANIC:
'MIDDLE-AGED WOMAN:
'2 POLICEMEN'.
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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.