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- 1979, 1990-1991 (Creation)
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1 folder
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Screenplay by Emlyn Williams titled Beyond Belief, based on a 1967 book of the same name by Williams, together with a later edited and revised version of the script by Emlyn Williams' son Brook Williams and the film's director Roy Ward Baker, both book and screenplay chronicling the events behind the infamous Moors Murders carried out in and around Manchester by Ian Brady and Myra Hindley between July 1963 and October 1965. Also included are a synopsis of the original events of the Moors Murders; letters from Brook Williams, Roy Ward Baker and producer Andrew Montgomery; critical evaluation of both book and screenplay; biographical details relating to Emlyn Williams, Roy Ward Baker and Andrew Montgomery; and details of expenses relating to the making of the film.
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- English
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- Williams, Emlyn, 1905-1987 (Subject)
- Hindley, Myra, 1942-2002 (Subject)
- Brady, Ian, 1938-2017 (Subject)
- Williams, Brook Richard, 1938-2005 (Subject)
- Baker, Roy Ward, 1916-2010 (Subject)
- Montgomery, Andrew, b. 1953 (Subject)