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Mexico | Gangster
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Budget 1,825,000 USD
Box Office Collection 2,000,000 USD
In later interviews, Robert Mitchum admitted that much of the script was made up as they went along.
Lee Van Cleef was cast as the crime kingpin before Howard Hughes suddenly decided he wanted Raymond Burr in the role. All of Ferraro's scenes had to be reshot with Burr; yet another reason the film took so long to make and went way over budget.
John Farrow finished the film, but Howard Hughes brought in Richard Fleischer to add a few shots (Hughes himself co-wrote the ending with Fleischer). Fleischer ended up reshooting the entire film.
RKO had to lower the bottom of the pool on Stage 22 to get the Mexican police submerging to the level required by Howard Hughes.
The film lost $850,000, the amount spent on making the new ending sequences.
"Cardigan, Mark: If you used that needle to sew, you'd be a much happier woman."
"Dan Milner: I'm too young to die. How about you? Mark Cardigan: Too well-known. Dan Milner: Well, if you do get killed, I'll make sure you get a first-rate funeral in Hollywood, at Grauman's Chinese Theatre. Mark Cardigan: I've already had it. My last picture died there."
