Published by N.p., N.p., 1977
Seller: Royal Books, Inc., ABAA, Baltimore, MD, U.S.A.
Manuscript / Paper Collectible
Draft script for the 1977 film. Copy belonging to uncredited crew member, production designer Alex Tavoularis, with his name in manuscript ink on the title page. Based on Georges Arnaud's 1950 novel "Le Salaire de la peur" ("The Wages of Fear"). Four corrupt men band together to transport two trucks of nitroglycerin up a rocky mountain path in order to extinguish a fire at a South American oil refinery. Set and shot on location in Mexico, France, Israel, the Dominican Republic, and the US. Black untitled wrappers. Title page present, undated, with credits for novelist Georges Arnaud and screenwriter Walon Green. 201 pages, with last page of text numbered 200. Xerographic duplication, rectos only. Pages Fine, wrapper Near Fine, slightly yapped on the edges, bound internally with three gold brads.