Boomerang!

Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox, 1946. Revised Final script for the 1947 film noir. Copy belonging to actor Robert Keith, with his name in manuscript pencil annotation on the front wrapper, and his manuscript pencil annotations on the inside front wrapper.

Based on a 1945 article by Fulton Oursler (writing as Anthony Abbot), in turn based on the 1924 case of a homeless man wrongly accused of murdering a beloved small-town priest.

Set and shot on location in Connecticut and New York.

Red titled wrappers, dated September 6, 1946, noted as Revised Final on the front wrapper. Distribution page present, with receipt intact, stamped copy No. 135. Title page present, dated September 6. 1946, noted as Revised Final script, with credits for screenwriter Richard Murphy and story credit to Anthony Abbot. 173 leaves, with last page of text numbered 155. Mimeograph duplication, rectos only, with blue revision pages throughout, dated variously between 9/18/46 and 9/25/46. Pages Near Fine, wrapper Near Fine, with slight yapping, bound internally with two gold brads.

Eureka Masters of Cinema 89. Grant US. Selby Canon. Silver and Ward Classic Noir. Spicer US.

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