Lock Up: Abandoned Mine

Hollywood: United Artists / Ziv, 1960. Draft script for Season 2 Episode 20 of the 1959-1961 television series. Originally aired on February 4, 1961, 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 episode, Maris heads west to investigate a mining scam in Nevada.

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 20 October 1960 on the front wrapper, with credit for Bloch. Title integral with the front wrapper. 45 leaves, with last page of text numbered 44. Mimeograph duplication, rectos only. Pages about Fine, wrapper Near Fine, bound with two gold brads.

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