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This writer insisted on talking on the phone every day with his pet raven while rewriting a John Huston film on location, including a speech that claims “time is a crook.” In an adaptation of a book by this writer, a man’s heart beats audibly at the gallows while a priest recites Psalm 23. This writer’s screenplays (15[1])include the Maltese Falcon parody Beat the Devil and an adaptation of William Archibald’s The (*) Innocents. This writer plays the murdered host Lionel Twain in the 70s whodunit spoof (10[1])Murder by Death. (10[1])An ending by this author in which a woman sets a cat free and absconds to Brazil was altered for an adaptation that uses Henry Mancini’s “Moon River.” For 10 points, name this author who created Holly Golightly in Breakfast at Tiffany’s. ■END■

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