Diary of the Dead
Diary of the Dead is a 1976 neo-noir film directed by Arvin Brown, based on the 1971 novel One Across, Two Down by Ruth Rendell. It was produced by Charles B. Moss. Robert L. Fish, author of Mute Witness, the basis of Bullitt, contributed to the screenplay.
Plot
Stan (Hector Elizondo) and Vera (Salome Jens), a childless couple, live with Vera's wealthy mother, Maud Kennaway (Geraldine Fitzgerald), who has already suffered a stroke. Maud dislikes and is openly contemptuous of her infertile son-in-law.
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| author | One Across, Two Down Robert L. Fish Ruth Rendell |
|---|---|
| director | Arvin Brown |
| editor | Murray Solomon |
| genre | crime |
| keywords | boarding house childless couple cremation joyce ebert murder nitroglycerine radiator |
| musicBy | Jacques Urbont |
| producer | Charles B. Moss Jr. |
| publisher | B.S. Moss Enterprises |
| theme | neo-noir |