men making luuurve". According to Ward, the script was rewritten by Dianne Brittain as well as novelist Elizabeth Kata. Finance was reportedly obtained from a Newcastle industrialist, Richard Mawson. The film was shot in early 1969. No sets were used, with filming taking place in private houses on Sydney's north shore and in Paddington. Production was highly publicised, in part due to a nude appearance by TV personality Hazel Phillips. Roger Ward later said he was unhappy with the experience: I was devastated to see the ruination of a previously polished and highly tuned script and spent my short time on set leaping in front of the cameras yelling, "Cut! That is not the dialogue". It got to the stage that the actors were ignoring the director and coming to me in a clandestine manner to ask for interpretations and the correct lines to say. Understandably the director was angered by this and I was packed up and sent out of town on a phony publicity tour so a lot of the film went through without my input or salvaging and ended up in what I thought at the time was a 'cringeworthy state'. So the risks I faced at that time, and they were real risks and they did eventuate, was one of being a laughing stock, of being embarrassed for creating such a badly written script.The cast of the film was eclectic, featuring professional actor Rod Mullinar, who had an extensive track record in the Crawford stable of productions including Homicide, Division 4 and Matlock Police and went onto appear in Against the Wind, Prisoner and Against the Wind. Well-known TV personality Hazel Philips was cast as lead character Peggy Sylvester by producer Frank Brittain, but was not the first choice of writer Ward, who wanted Carol Raye for the role. On casting, Ward said:Frank chose Hazel Phillips. A non-actress at the time, she was a trier and today, 30 years later, her performance stands up ok, but then, i thought she was a disaster. The lead guy who plays Paul, was an unknown called Sean McEuan, 21 years old, soft, sensitive. I hated him. But looking back he was marvellous. To this day he was a great actor.Micheal Charnley was great, but others were hopeless. Non actors were used when strong actors were needed to deliver such dialogue.Other casting of note were cameo appearances from Sydney 'gay