Cry Havoc

Beverly Hills, CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM], 1966. Draft script for an unproduced film. With a single small manuscript ink annotation to page 123, changing "who" to "whom." Not to be confused with the 1943, 1948, 1999, or 2020 produced films with the same title.

Based on Richard Martin Stern's 1963 mystery thriller by Fred Coe, who was also initially slated to direct. A private investigator moves back to his hometown to bury his late father, but finds himself quickly entangled in a criminal case involving the sexual assault of a local woman. Screenwriter Fred Coe was best known for directing "A Thousand Clowns" (1965), which was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Picture.

Blue titled wrappers, rubber-stamped copy No. 48, dated October 1, 1966, and dated as copied October 17, 1966, with credits for screenwriter Fred Coe and novelist Richard Martin Stern. Title page integral with the front wrapper, as issued. 194 leaves, with last page of text numbered 192. Mimeograph duplication, rectos only, with white revision pages throughout, dated 10-13-66. Pages Very Good, wrapper Very Good, with light toning to the extremities and tearing at the rear wrapper's binding, bound with two gold brads.

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