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Name: Maxwell Shane  
   
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Date of Birth: 26th August 1905
   
Place of Birth: Paterson, New Jersey, USA
   
Profession: Writer
 
 
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Maxwell Shane (August 26, 1905-October 25, 1983) was a movie and television director, screenwriter and producer. First a journalist, Shane moved on to become a Hollywood publicist and later screenwriter. Most of his early work was 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 Nightmare. In 1960 he became producer and sometimes writer for the Boris Karloff anthology television series Thriller. Shane early in life studied law at USC and UCLA law schools.

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