All in the Family - “Archie’s Fraud” Written by Michael Ross and Bernie West
signed first edition
1972 · Los Angeles
by ROSS, MICHAEL & BERNIE WEST
Los Angeles: CBS Television, 1972. First Edition. Signed on the front cover by actor James McEachin, who co-starred in this episode. Original 45 page first draft shooting script with color rewrite pages, dated July 25, 1972, for an episode of the comedy television series All in the Family, starring Carroll O'Connor, Jean Stapleton, Rob Reiner, and Sally Struthers. This episode, “Archie’s Fraud” written by Michael Ross and Bernie West aired on September 23, 1972 (Season 3, Episode 2). Bound with brads. Slightly used copy with occasional pencil notations to the text in an unknown hand in printed studio wrappers. James McEachin’s early life experiences were in the military, as a policeman, a fireman, and a record producer. He turned to a career in show business, and was often cast to highlight his African-American heritage with successful roles in such well-known television series as Hawaii Five-O, Mannix, and Dragnet. He was cast in the pivotal role of the d.j. in Play Misty for Me with Clint Eastwood. He starred briefly in his own series as detective Harry Tenafly, in Tenafly. Many of us remember him for his terrific work as police lieutenant Brock in the 1986 television movie Perry Mason: The Case of the Notorious Nun - a role he would reprise throughout the years. He is the author of Farewell to the Mockingbirds which won the 1998 Benjamin Franklin Award, The Heroin Factor (1999), Say Goodnight to the Boys in Blue (2000), The Great Canis Lupus (2001), and Tell me a Tale: A Novel of the Old South (2003), Pebbles in the Roadway (2003), a collection of short stories and essays, and in 2005, he produced the award-winning audio book Voices: A Tribute to the American Veteran. (Inventory #: 17256E)