
Jerry Stiller is Harry Dorn, a small town swindler down on his luck as he tries to pawn a set of jockey silks. The broker is not impressed with his story and offers to trade him for anything in one corner of the shop. A voice in his head says, â€take the typewriterâ€. Wanting a steak instead, he is reluctant but takes it anyway. When he gets it home he puts paper in and churns out, as though possessed, a stack of poetry. On a whim he sends them to a publisher and receives money for them. Next is a short story, and more money. Then the police arrive at the door showing him the headlines of a murder that mirrors his story. The voice becomes clearer and tells him that just by typing, he can “make things happenâ€. Sounds too good to be true, and you know what they say about things that are too good to be true…