Tag: Mel Dinelli

Spiral Staircase Script

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Year:1945
Director:Robert Siodmak
Written by:Ethel Lina White (Novel), Mel Dinelli (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:In 1916, beautiful young mute Helen is a domestic worker for elderly, ailing Mrs. Warren. Mrs. Warren's two adult sons, Albert (a professor) and womanizing impudent Steven, also live in the Warren mansion. Mrs. Warren becomes concerned for Helen's safety when a rash of murders involving 'women with afflictions' hits the neighborhood. She implores her physician, Dr. Parry, to take Helen away for her own safety. When another murder occurs inside the Warren mansion, it becomes obvious that Helen is in danger.
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The Window

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Year:1949
Director:Ted Tetzlaff
Written by:Cornell Woolrich (Story), Mel Dinelli (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:An imaginative boy who frequently makes things up witnesses a murder, but can't get his parents or the police to believe him. The only people taking him seriously are the killers - who live upstairs, know that he saw what they did, and are out to permanently silence him.
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