Mitchell Lindemann started writing for the Federal Theater in the 1930s. He then wrote for The Life of Riley both for radio and television. He moved to a screen writing career in the mid-1940s and was John Howard Lawson's writing partner working for the Hecht-Lancaster production company.

In 1948, his name was mentioned several times in the minutes for the HUAC committee and soon after he was blacklisted at the beginning of his Hollywood career. He worked using a front for many years. He never fully recovered from the blacklist, though he did work on Cat Ballou (1965). He was given associate producer credit, but helped write the screenplay as well.

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Mitch Lindemann

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