It is sad that the wrong Jack Patrick is getting credit for this movie. Jack PatrickII certainly had enough to be proud of. This story was written by my uncle Jack Patrick (Ganzenhuber) who also killed himself but in th 60's. He wrote a great deal of TV screen plays and was nominated for an academy award for this movie at the age of 24. I don't know much more than he was born either in Los Angeles or in Altona Pen. in 1922
shareI stumbled across this movie in a collection of film noir movies on DVD and found the film just mesmerizing. Your uncle must have been very talented.
shareIf this is true, surely there must be someway of having him added to this site. I can't even find any info on him on a google search, so I'm a little suspect. I'm sure the Acadamy would be able to provide you with some type of proof. You could even do a geneology search (if it's that important to you). I'd certainly want one of my close relatives remembered correctly on this site, especially if he was nominated for an Oscar. Do you know of any other films he wrote. BTW, it's spelled Altoona.
shareNow I know, too, and my hat is off ( a fedora, of course!).
shareI saw this movie as a very young girl and couldn't wait to tell my mother about it. I remember thinking how I wanted to see the movie again, that it just kept my attention completely from the very start until the very end. Well, as luck would have it, many years passed and I've recalled how there was "this movie" that I "must see again" but my memory just couldn't recall the name. All I could remember was that it has this staircase, , it was in black and white, it has was something to do with a murder when the cast was young, and that I thought Barbara Stanwyck was in it. This appears to be the movie, and it will be starting in mere moments. My anticipation is great and I hope it lives up to the many years (and I do mean MANY years, lol) I've waited to see this movie again. From what I've read on here, I may enjoy it even more than the first time I saw it, if that is possible.
shareAgreeing with a previous poster, I'm a little suspicious of the post. One posting only from the original poster and no subsequent logons. Being born in 1922, as stated, he would have been nominated for the Academy Award at 24 years. That sort of nomination always leads to more work in Hollywood, especially during the post-war years. There are no other John or Jack Patricks on IMDB who did "a great deal of screen plays" during the 50s or 60s. And no further info on Joh or Jack Patrick Ganzenhuber is available on Google.
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