Maurice Richlin (February 23, 1920 – November 13, 1990) was an American screenwriter. He received two

Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay The Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay is the Academy Award for the best screenplay not based upon previously published material. It was created in 1940 as a separate writing award from the Academy Award for Best Story. Beginning with th ...

nominations for '' Pillow Talk'' and ''

Operation Petticoat ''Operation Petticoat'' is a 1959 American World War II submarine comedy film in Eastmancolor from Universal-International, produced by Robert Arthur, directed by Blake Edwards, that stars Cary Grant and Tony Curtis. The film tells in flashba ...

'' in the same year. For the first of which he won along with Russell Rouse, Stanley Shapiro and Clarence Greene. He co-wrote the original treatment, story and screenplay, '' The Pink Panther''. He wrote '' All in a Night's Work'', ''

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'', '' Soldier in the Rain'', '' For Pete's Sake''. He wrote the story for '' What Did You Do in the War, Daddy?''. He had an extensive career writing in radio and later, television, before his film career. His son is the famous artist Lance Richlin.

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