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Source adaptations; budget and gross; Leachman account; nude-scene and stunt anecdotes; locations
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- A quoted Leachman autobiography passage recounts a one-night encounter with Hackman while both were filming in San Francisco.
- The story derives from Kenneth Fearing’s 1946 novel The Big Clock, previously adapted in 1948 and as Police Python 357 in 1976.
- The stated budget is $15 million and the gross $35.5 million; cable and HBO expanded its audience.
- Young’s account describes helping an uncomfortable Costner through their nude scene.
- The limousine sequence is described as partly improvised.
- Costner reportedly rolled over a moving car’s hood during a chase and was reprimanded.
- Susan’s house is identified at Queen and Union Streets in Alexandria.