Premise lifted from 1975 short story by Lee Falk "Time is Money"

Rating: Null/10 (8 November 2011)

I had a Deja'vu reaction when seeing "In Time" trailer and subsequently the movie. It isn't a direct lift of the plot but certainly of the premise of Lee Falk's "Time is Money", published in 1975. Lee Falk died in 1999, so probably there is a reason why there hasn't been a challenge to this from his quarter. Since he wrote The Phantom and Mandrake the Magician comics, he is well known enough to not be just laughed off. Couple that with the publish of the short story in Playboy in 1975 should be enough evidence to at least get a writing credit as prior art. His estate would have to challenge it though. Great that the story I remembered fondly got a good treatment never the less. Hopefully he will get credit where it is due.
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