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Draft script for an unproduced film. Included with the script is a typed letter addressed to Paul Kohner from screenwriter Leo Gordon, dated November 19, 1976, with manuscript ink annotations to the recto: "Leo Gordon wrote a script for you in Turkey . Now he has written a turkey for the USA Please note comment at the [end]." With some photocopied revisions throughout the script noting deletions and some changes to the dialogue. The small town of Rimrock exists mostly as a tourist attraction, advertising an authentic Western experience for frontier visitors who want to see desperadoes and lawmen battle. Matters are complicated, however, when a real outlaw rides into town. Screenwriter Leo Gordon was known for his prolific writing for Western films and television shows, including episodes of "Bonanza," "Cheyenne," and "Maverick" in the 1950s, and the screenplay for "You Can't Win 'Em All" (1970). Red wrappers, with a white titled label at the center of the front wrapper. Title page present, with credits for screenwriters Paul Leslie Piel and Leo V. Gordon. 140 leaves, with last page of text numbered 137. Xerographic duplication, rectos only, with white revision pages throughout, undated. Pages Near Fine, wrapper Near Fine, with some rusting to the title page attributable to a paperclip, bound with three gold brads.

Draft script for the 1970 film. One of the more notable scripts from character actor and writer Leo Gordon whose Hollywood career began after his dishonorable discharge during WWll for robbing patrons at a bar. Throughout his 40 years as an actor, art imitated life, as the burly Gordon typically played an outlaw, typecast predominately in Westerns. Peter Collinson fresh off "The Italian Job" was reportedly a brute force in addition to excruciating temperatures on a set that was 200 miles outside of Istanbul. The pairing of the leads was lauded as Charles Bronson was at the height of European fame alongside a well-established Tony Curtis. Set in 1922 Greco-Turkish War, shot on location in Turkey. Blue titled wrappers. Title page present, with credits for Leo V. Gordon. 129 leaves, with last page of text numbered 129. Xerographically reproduced. Pages Near Fine, wrapper Very Good plus, bound internally with three gold brads.