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'Ryan receives a call from "Nugget" Walsh, a reformed crim and friend. He claims he is being framed by one Sergeant Morgan, a member of the Police Force and former colleague of Ryan's. Ryan calls around to see Walsh and finds the man brutally bashed.

'Ryan talks to Sergeant Morgan who appears very unco-operative and expresses his innocence. Morgan has asked Walsh about an Electrical Store robbery. Ryan directs his attention to another crim who seems highly suspect. The crim only helps by saying where Walsh may have hidden the stolen goods. When Ryan goes to retrieve these, his car is spotted by a witness and consequently he finds himself accused of robbery.

'The Sergeant comes into conflict with Ryan when Morgan accuses him of using the bashing of Walsh as a frame-up.'

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):

'SERGEANT MORGAN: 40-ish. A hard, tough, rough, feared cop of the old school. Ryan worked with him on the force and they have a long history of animosity. Drives a car. Large part.

'NUGGET WALSH: 45-50. A likeable little crim, who says he's reformed. Devious, plausible, - long time acquaintance of Ryan's, and Ryan rather likes him.

'INSPECTOR GRAY: 50-60. Straight down the line, tough but fair. Under pressure because one of his senior officers is under heavy suspicion.

'MERVE: Early 30's. A bruiser. Works the racket with Nugget. Rough and ruthless and built to match. Drives, fights, runs.

'LANDLADY: 40-ish. Runs a rather dubious boarding house and is probably on with Nugget. Two scenes.

'DOCTOR: 40-ish. Tends to Nugget. A competent professional. One scene.

'HOUSEHOLDER (MALE): 50-ish. Witnesses a burglary getaway and gives brief information to police. One scene.

'DETECTIVE BAKER: Mid 20's. Morgan's offsider. Likeable, personable. A few scenes. Drives.

'3 UNIFORMED CONSTABLES. One of them has a couple of lines.

'POLICE STENOGRAPHER (FEMALE) No lines.

'TONY'S COUSIN: 30's. A bit like Tony. One scene, no lines.'