Maxwell Shane (August 26, 1905 – October 25, 1983) was an American

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and television director, screenwriter, and producer.

Biography

Before embarking in a career in show business, Shane studied law at

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and

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law schools. He later became a journalist and moved on to become a Hollywood

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. Along with David Hillman (father of musician

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), he founded the Hillman-Shane Advertising Agency, in

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. Shane later became a screenwriter. Most of his early work was for forgettable low-budget films. Becoming a director in 1947, he worked on noirish films, as a writer or director, like '' Hell's Island'', '' Fear in the Night'' and the remake ''

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''. Shane scripted '' City Across the River'', the 1949 film of Irving Shulman's ''The Amboy Dukes'', and directed 1955's '' The Naked Street'', starring

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and

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. In 1960, he became a writer-producer for the

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anthology television series '' Thriller''.

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* 1905 births 1983 deaths Writers from Paterson, New Jersey UCLA School of Law alumni USC Gould School of Law alumni American male screenwriters American television directors Film producers from New Jersey 20th-century American businesspeople Film directors from New Jersey Screenwriters from New Jersey 20th-century American male writers 20th-century American screenwriters Television producers from New Jersey {{US-film-director-1900s-stub