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Chantaje contra una mujer (Experiment in Terror)
1962 · Columbia Pictures · Dir. Blake Edwards
A man with an asthmatic voice telephones and assaults clerk Kelly Sherwood at home and coerces her into helping him steal a large sum from her bank.
Confidence
100
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Why this status applies
This film, directed by Blake Edwards and originally released in the United States as 'Experiment in Terror' (distributed in Spanish-speaking markets as 'Chantaje contra una mujer'), is currently under copyright protection in the United States. It was registered with the US Copyright Office in 1962 (Registration: LP21685) by Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc.
Under the copyright laws applicable to the 1928–1963 era, a work required a renewal filing in its 28th year to prevent it from entering the public domain. A renewal for this motion picture was successfully filed on January 3, 1990 (Renewal: RE0000457639) by Columbia Pictures Industries. This extended the protection for a total term of 95 years from the original publication date. Consequently, the film will not enter the public domain until January 1, 2058.
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Supporting facts
- U.S. Copyright Office Online Database (RE0000457639)
- Stanford Copyright Renewal Database
- AFI Catalog of Feature Films (Experiment in Terror)
- IMDb (Experiment in Terror / Chantaje contra una mujer)
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