Run For Your Life: Night Train from Chicago (Original screenplay for the 1966 television episode)
- Universal City: Universal Television, 1966
Universal City: Universal Television, 1966. Revised Draft script for Season 1 Episode 27 of the 1965-1968 television series, which originally aired on April 11, 1966, on NBC.
The series followed Paul Bryan, who, after being told he has only months left to live, embarks on a series of adventures to make the most out of his remaining time alive. In this episode, Bryan searches for a mysterious nun, and is thereby dragged into a murder mystery linked to the Mafia.
Robert Bloch is best known for penning Alfred Hitchcock's "Psycho" (1959), although his six-decade writing career encompassed novels, short stories, radio, cinema, and television. A protégé of H.P. Lovecraft, Bloch received the Hugo Award, the Bram Stoker Award, and the World Fantasy Award, and served as the president of the Mystery Writers of America in 1970.
Self wrappers. Title page present, dated 2/25/66, with credits for screenwriter Robert Bloch and story credit for John Thomas James. 52 leaves, with last page of text numbered 49. Mimeograph duplication, rectos only. Pages Near Fine, bound with a single staple at the top left corner.
The series followed Paul Bryan, who, after being told he has only months left to live, embarks on a series of adventures to make the most out of his remaining time alive. In this episode, Bryan searches for a mysterious nun, and is thereby dragged into a murder mystery linked to the Mafia.
Robert Bloch is best known for penning Alfred Hitchcock's "Psycho" (1959), although his six-decade writing career encompassed novels, short stories, radio, cinema, and television. A protégé of H.P. Lovecraft, Bloch received the Hugo Award, the Bram Stoker Award, and the World Fantasy Award, and served as the president of the Mystery Writers of America in 1970.
Self wrappers. Title page present, dated 2/25/66, with credits for screenwriter Robert Bloch and story credit for John Thomas James. 52 leaves, with last page of text numbered 49. Mimeograph duplication, rectos only. Pages Near Fine, bound with a single staple at the top left corner.
Details
Title
Run For Your Life: Night Train from Chicago (Original screenplay for the 1966 television episode)
Author
Robert Bloch (screenwriter); Ben Gazzara, Brock Peters, Louise Sorel, Val Avery (starring); Richard Benedict (director)
Condition
Unknown
Publisher
Universal Television: Universal City
Date
1966