Cornell Woolrich is considered the godfather of film noir and often referred to as the Edgar Allen Poe of the 20^th century. As the original author of "Rear Window", he was doing Hitchcock before Hitchcock.

Film noir is a familiar genre, with deep shadows, half-lit profiles, femme fatales, fedoras and trench coats. But Woolrich’s stories are more than that – they are about flawed, but sympathetic characters who are caught up in a moral dilemma that is greater than themselves. Woolrich’s touch can be found in modern day pieces, from FATAL ATTRACTION to THE WIRE - because after all, this is a world where characters are caught between doing the wrong thing for the right reason.

The following stories come straight from Woolrich’s dark and twisted world, and serve as the basis of feature and television adaptations, both for contemporized film remakes and new feature films based on Woolrich’s brilliant premises:

• "C-Jag”: A young man wakes up from a drug-fueled haze and suffers frightening flashbacks of a woman he may or may not have killed.
• “Momentum”: A man commits murder after murder to cover up a debt, only to discover after he’s caught that the debt was fulfilled.
• “Nelli from Zelli’s": A young American backpacking through Paris gets involved with an exotic girl, a mysterious old book, and an international spy ring.
• “Dormant Account”: A regular joe finds a receipt on the sidewalk, which gives him access to a long-dormant bank account filled with money that may or may not be connected to the mob.
• “The Night I Died”: A schlubby guy kills the hitman his wife sent to kill him, then enters an unholy alliance with his domineering wife and agrees to pass off the dead body as his own.
• “Finger of Doom”: A man’s fianceé walks in to her office one last time before their honeymoon, but never comes out – and when he alerts the authorities, it appears she may never have existed at all.