Suddenly, in the brightness of a flashing lightning strike, the silhouette of a shadowy figure stabbed Terri in the back with a spear, and her body was pinned to the side of the house against a window shutter(# 6 death)(off-screen and on-screen).The downbeat screenplay was based on Geoffrey Homes"" (a pseudonym - his real name was Daniel Mainwaring) 1946 novelBuild My Gallows High, a book that consciously imitated Dashiell Hammett""sThe Maltese Falcon (1941).From the packaging and labels the films came in, Graham traced the Leeds and Jacobi films to Gateway Lab in St.No matter how much we got the first time, they""d figure the return was safe and load it up with money.It was the high-point of the Hollywood musical.[Note: In 1978, the film""s status as the most successful musical was finally surpassed byGrease (1978).