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« on: March 10, 2019, 08:59:24 AM »
Stefanie did a bunch of these in the early 1970's such as the combination murder mystery/character study Five Desperate Women.
One of the most interesting is Paper Man. Stefanie, Dean Stockwell and James Stacy are college students. One of their group is somehow sent a credit card in the name of a non existent person. They activate the card, make duplicates and have a great time living high on the hog. Then a purchase of a gun, which none of them claims to have made, shows up on the credit card statement. One of the group dies unexpectedly when a computer glitch somehow sends him the wrong medication. Another is killed when the electronic elevator system malfunctions and crushes her.
There's plenty of suspects and there's a genuine possibility that the fake identity that they created may be responsible.
Hackers, identity theft and artificial intelligence seemed like science fiction in 1971. They are a little too real today. Paper Man could easily be remade/updated for the twenty first century.
Paper Man is on YouTube.