)...Shelby needed some money and I lent it to him.That""s all.Well, after all, it is my money.I suppose I can do as I please with it.The night of the murder, Anne spent her Friday evening all alone because she hadn""t been asked to go to a concert with Shelby.Four co-screenwriters (Robert Benton, David and Leslie Newman, and Mario Puzo) were responsible for the script.The play was originally directed by film director Elia Kazan, starring Ben Gazzara, Barbara Bel Geddes, Burl Ives, and Mildred Dunnock - with Ives as the only one reprising his role in the film version.As Mya raced to call 911 on a downstairs phone, Michael attacked and killed her by repeatedly stabbing her in the chest(# 16 death).