On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft - Stephen King Comedy reporter Johnny Barrett (Peter Breck)

reporter Johnny Barrett (Peter Breck) has himself committed to a mental hospital to investigate a murder

Directed by von Sternberg while on loan from America to the pioneering German producer Erich Pommer

74 min 2009 interview with Lee

Things are further complicated by the presence of a unit of army veterans on assignment in the area

Genevieve Picot

On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft - Stephen King Comedy reporter Johnny Barrett (Peter Breck)'On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft' by Stephen King (Hodder paperback 383 pages) Part memoir, part masterclass by one of the bestselling authors of all time, this superb volume is a revealing and practical view of the writer's craft, comprising the basic tools of the trade every writer must have.