X: The Man with the X-Ray Eyes

Los Angeles: American International Pictures [AIP], Circa 1963. Draft script for the 1963 film. Copy belonging to uncredited crew member Harry Sundby, with his name in manuscript pencil to the front wrapper, and his annotations on seven pages of the script.

A scientist tests experimental, vision-enhancing eye drops on himself, only to experience increasingly uncontrollable shifts in his eyesight, ultimately leading to his disgrace and downfall. A breakaway success, originally released on a double bill with Francis Ford Coppola's "Dementia 13," today considered one of the most thought-provoking science fiction films of the 1960s.

Beige titled wrappers. Title integral with the first page of text. 110 leaves, with last page of text numbered 103. Mimeograph duplication on eye-rest green stock, rectos only, with blue revision pages throughout, dated 2/6/63 and 2/12/63. Pages Very Good plus, wrapper Very Good plus, with a tide mark affecting the bottom edges of the last five pages of text and the rear wrapper.

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