Juri Nummelin wrote:
> I know, but is this the same guy? I would say so and
claim that
> IMDB has made a (huge?) mistake. Anyone? ("Ride the
High Country" is
> Peckinpah's second film, also known as "Guns in the
Afternoon".)
>
> Juri
>
In Marshall Fine's book BLOODY SAM he states: "THE DEADLY
COMPANIONS began life as a screenplay, which lanquished on
shelves all over Hollywood for three years. The script had
been written by A.S. Fleishman and promoted by Charlse
FitzSimons, his partner. Unable to get asy action on it,
Fleishman wrote a novelization, which was published with
surprising success. The script that the studios previously
had turned their noses up at suddenly smelled pretty
good."
Fleishman, FitzSimons and FitzSimon's sister, Maureen O'Hara
formed their own production company and produced the picture.
They hired Brian Keith as the lead and he brought Peckinpah
onto the movie because they had worked so well together on
their TV series, THE WESTERNER.
BTW, Fleishman's novelization was entitled YELLOWLEG. Is this
the guy you're looking for?
TL
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