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> From: JIM DOHERTY <
jimdohertyjr@yahoo.com>
> Sent: 08/01/03 09:20 PM
> To:
rara-avis@icomm.ca
> Subject: Re: RARA-AVIS: Bill S. Ballinger
> Ballinger was a prolific screenwriter, credited with
scripts for eight feature films and over 150 teleplays. He
won an Edgar in the TV category for his adaptation of the
Stanley Ellin short story "The Day of the Bullet," which was
shown on ALFRED HITCHCOCK PRESENTS. The mid-50s noir
PUSHOVER, in which Fed MacMurray portrays a crooked cop, was
partially based on Ballinger's novel RAFFERTY (the other
credited source material was Thomas Walsh's THE NIGHT
WATCH).
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A glance at IMDb reveals that Ballinger also wrote the script
for a low-budget thriller that's been known to generate some
enthusiasm: "The Strangler" (1964), with Burt Topper as
director and a just-post-"Baby Jane" Victor Buono as the
killer of the film's title.
"Victor Buono brought a certain class to this compelling
tawdry exploiter as an obese mother-fixated lab technician
who murders nurses," writes Nigel Floyd for Time Out.
Director Topper gained himself a listing in the back of
Andrew Sarris' "American Cinema" book, which is usually a
good excuse for at least *one* viewing. The film also has the
same art-director as Renoir's "Bete Humaine" (Eugene Lourie)
as well as the same director-of-photography as "Attack of the
50 Foot Woman" (Jacques Marquette).
Sounds like enough to whet *my* curiosity ...
Chris
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