Some of Presnell 's notable films include '' Man in the Attic '' and '' Conspiracy of Hearts '' , which was nominated at the 18th Golden Globe Awards for Best Film Promoting International Understanding . Presnell also wrote several memorable episodes of '' The Twilight Zone . '' Presnell was born in Chicago , Illinois , the son of Robert Presnell , Sr. and his wife , Cecilia . Aside from being a producer , Presnell Sr. was also a screenwriter making his son a second-generation writer . He started his writing career as a reporter for the '' Milwaukee Journal '' . After this stint , Presnell became a freelance writer of articles and short stories for magazines . He then moved to New York City in the late 1930s , where he established a career writing , directing , and producing radio programs . In the mid-1940s , Presnell relocated to Los Angeles , California , where he first started working on radio with Orson Welles and then as a writer of films and television dramas such as the '' I Love a Mystery '' series and '' Cuban Pete '' ( 1947 ) . He also co-wrote '' Hollywood Fights Back '' , the 1947 radio broadcast in which 60 famous actors and filmmakers spoke out against the Hollywood blacklist . Hunt , in an interview , said that their involvement in this radio broadcast was held against them later on and that despite the existence of a caveat that would have given them an out from being blacklisted , they refused to renounce their position . In the 1950s , he wrote the screenplays for the movies '' Man in the Attic '' ( 1953 ) , '' A Life in the Balance '' ( 1955 ) , '' Screaming Eagles '' ( 1956 ) , '' The Rawhide Years '' ( 1956 ) , and '' Under the Sahara Sun '' ( 1957 ) . He also wrote episodes for TV series such as '' The George Sanders Mystery Theater '' , '' Lux Video Theatre '' , '' Studio One '' , and '' The Twilight Zone ''
18th Golden Globe Awards
18th Golden Globe Awards
Robert Presnell, Jr.