Island of the Burning Damned [Night of the Big Heat]

London: Planet Film Productions, Circa 1967. Final Shooting script for the 1967 film. Copy belonging to screenwriter Pip Baker, with his name in manuscript ink to the top right corner of the front wrapper.

Based on John Lymington's 1959 novel "Night of the Big Heat." In the dead of winter, the northern island of Fara experiences an unrelenting, unprecedented heat wave, leading a visiting scientist to suspect alien involvement.

Shot on location in Dorset and Milton Keynes, England.

Tall untitled red wrappers with a die-cut title window in the British style. Title page present, undated, noted as Final Shooting Script, with credits for screenwriters Ronald Liles, Pip Baker, and Jane Baker, and novelist John Lymington. 104 leaves, with last page of text numbered 101. Mimeograph duplication, rectos only. Pages Near Fine, wrapper Near Fine, bound internally with two silver brads.

[Book #151374]