Dead Ringer - The Unproduced Screenplay

Duncan, Oklahoma: BearManor Media, 2013. First Edition. Signed and inscribed by writer / director Ib Melchior: “To Stephen, best wishes from his friend, Ib - Ib Melchior”. Paperbound. Fine. An unproduced science fiction screenplay written by Melchior. Perhaps you’ve encountered that strange, unsettled feeling of familiarity — haven’t you been here before? Hasn’t this experience already happened in exactly the same way? What if that wasn’t you. What if that was your duplicate, the result of an atomic experiment that has taken an unexpected turn, creating a process that can replicate and manipulate living matter — with untold potential, but terrifying consequences. Ib Melchior (September 17, 1917 – March 14, 2015) was a Danish-American novelist, short-story writer, film producer, film director, and screenwriter of American science fiction movies, most of them released by American International Pictures including The Angry Red Planet, The Time Travelers, Reptilicus, Journey to the Seventh Planet, Robinson Crusoe on Mars, and Planet of the Vampires. “Melchior was born and raised in Copenhagen, Denmark, the son of Lauritz Melchior, an opera singer. He served in the Counterintelligence Corps (U.S. Army) during World War II. He also participated in the liberation of Flossenbürg concentration camp as well as the discovery of stolen currency, gold and art at Merkers-Kieselbach Cavern, and the capture of a Werwolf unit in 1945, for which he was awarded the Bronze Star”.