Will McKinley · @willmckinley
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Tonight in 1973 — Lt. Theo Kojak was introduced in THE MARCUS-NELSON MURDERS on CBS.
The TV movie won Emmys for director #JosephSargent and writer #AbbyMann (adapting a book about a 1967 murder case).
The series followed in Oct, '73.
#nostalgia #1970stv #1970s #tellysavalas #Kojak #classictv #abbymann #josephsargent
Will McKinley · @willmckinley
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"A writer worth his salt at all has an obligation not only to entertain but to comment on the world in which he lives.”
— #AbbyMann (1927-2008)
The Oscar-winning screenwriter of #JudgmentAtNuremberg (1961) + Emmy-winning creator of #Kojak would have been 95 this week.
He also won Emmys for #MurderersAmongUsTheSimonWiesenthalStory (1989) and #IndictmentTheMcMartinTrial (1995).
#nostalgia #screenwriting #classicfilm #classictv #indictmentthemcmartintrial #murderersamongusthesimonwiesenthalstory #Kojak #judgmentatnuremberg #abbymann