Lock Up: The Beau and Arrow Case

Hollywood: United Artists / Ziv, 1960. Draft script for Season 2 Episode 5 of the 1959-1961 television series. The episode originally aired on October 22, 1960, in syndication.

"Lock Up" was a short-lived legal drama series focusing on the cases of renowned Philadelphia corporate attorney Herbert L. Maris. In this installment, the owner of an archery range is charged with killing his psychologist after the latter is found murdered with an arrow sticking out of his chest.

Screenwriter 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.

Orange titled wrappers, dated 29 July 1960 on the front wrapper, with credit for Bloch. Title integral with the front wrapper. 40 leaves, with last page of text numbered 38. Mimeograph duplication, rectos only. Pages about Fine, wrapper Near Fine, bound with two gold brads.

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