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I had been impressed with Jean-Pierre Melville's film Bob the Gambler, and around 1980 I wrote an unmade script-in a couple of versions-about a casino robbery that went wrong (because the mastermind inside the casino won all the money before the raid took place. Years later, the gang wants their money back.) I did several spec versions, but no one wanted to make my movie. Clint Eastwood read it and was interested, but he declined, explaining "I don't die in films; when I do I lose money. (it) |
