Dial "M" for Murder (Original screenplay for the 1981 television movie)
- Beverly Hills, CA: Time-Life Films, 1980
Beverly Hills, CA: Time-Life Films, 1980. First Draft script for the 1981 television movie. Copy belonging to producer's assistant Jan Reed, with their name in manuscript ink on the front wrapper, and on one revision page.
Not to be confused with the classic 1954 Hitchcock thriller, though based on the same literary source.
Based on Frederick Knott's 1952 play, about a man's complex scheme to kill his unfaithful, socialite wife and inherit her fortune. Originally aired on April 9, 1981, on NBC.
Blue titled Time-Life wrappers. Title page present, dated December 7, 1980, noted as FIRST DRAFT, with credits for Knott and screenwriter John Gay. 115 leaves, with last page of text numbered 117. Xerographic duplication, rectos only, with rainbow revision pages throughout, dated variously between 12/15/80 and 1/20/81. Pages about Fine, wrapper Near Fine, bound with two gold brads.
Not to be confused with the classic 1954 Hitchcock thriller, though based on the same literary source.
Based on Frederick Knott's 1952 play, about a man's complex scheme to kill his unfaithful, socialite wife and inherit her fortune. Originally aired on April 9, 1981, on NBC.
Blue titled Time-Life wrappers. Title page present, dated December 7, 1980, noted as FIRST DRAFT, with credits for Knott and screenwriter John Gay. 115 leaves, with last page of text numbered 117. Xerographic duplication, rectos only, with rainbow revision pages throughout, dated variously between 12/15/80 and 1/20/81. Pages about Fine, wrapper Near Fine, bound with two gold brads.