The Stepford Wives (1975 film) the women's movement." Three television film sequels have been produced, including: The Stepford Wives (1975 film) The Stepford Wives is a 1975 American science-fiction horror film based on the 1972 Ira Levin novel of the same name. It was directed by Bryan Forbes with a screenplay by William Goldman, and stars Katharine Ross, Paula Prentiss, and Peter Masterson. While the film was a moderate success at the time of release, it has grown in stature as a cult film over the years. Building upon the reputation of Levin's novel, the term "Stepford" or "Stepford Wife" has become a popular science
Meyer Levin plagiarism. Meyer wrote the 1956 novel "Compulsion", inspired by the Leopold and Loeb case. The novel, for which Levin was given a Special Edgar Award by the Mystery Writers of America in 1957, was the basis for Levin's own 1957 play adaptation and the 1959 film based on it, starring Orson Welles. "Compulsion" was "the first 'documentary' or 'non-fiction novel' ("a style later used in Truman Capote's "In Cold Blood" and Norman Mailer's "The Executioner's Song""). Meyer Levin Meyer Levin (October 7, 1905 – July 9, 1981) was an American novelist. Perhaps best known for his work on the Leopold