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.

Scott’s relationships; Susan and Tom’s conversations; Susan’s work and car

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Brice knows Susan has another lover but does not recognize Tom in the darkness outside her apartment.
Scott’s relationships with Tom and Brice invite speculation; Brice knowingly exploits Scott’s infatuation.
What Susan and Tom discuss when they are not having sex remains unclear.
Whether Brice bought Susan’s car and what she does for work remain speculative.

Conspicuous behavior; death mechanics; Polaroid continuity; framing plan; extraction; news coverage

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Tom gains little by lingering outside Susan’s apartment where Brice might see him.
Susan’s instant death from the short fall onto a coffee table seems doubtful.
Tom’s arm position in the Polaroid differs from the moment the picture is taken.
Scott invents the Yuri framing plan implausibly quickly.
Nina’s refusal to expose Tom is questioned, then defended as loyalty to Susan, perhaps supported by omitted scenes.
The Russians’ failure to extract Tom once Susan dies leaves his compromised position unexplained.
Tom leaves incriminating bodily evidence through careless sexual conduct.
Tom eating something from the windshield is considered strange; whether it is a bug or a berry is disputed.
Local news reporting a Pentagon spy hunt seems implausible, although the concentration of reporters offers a defense.
Brice’s silent, accommodating wife leaves his domestic life underdeveloped.

Pfeiffer; uncertain Gibson/Swayze reports; Newman/Peck; Scott alternatives

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Michelle Pfeiffer reportedly declined Susan; Young is preferred as more plausible in this particular social setting.
Reports that Mel Gibson and Patrick Swayze declined Tom are explicitly treated as uncertain.
Paul Newman and Gregory Peck are discussed as implausible Brice alternatives because of interest or age.
Reported Scott alternatives include Gary Oldman, Stephen Lang, Alec Baldwin, Michael Biehn and James Spader; Oldman excites interest, Spader seems young, and Patton remains preferred.

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Chris Collinsworth; Tony Romo; Bill Raftery; Doris Burke

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Chris Collinsworth and Tony Romo are imagined narrating the flirtation and twist; Bill Raftery is also proposed.
Doris Burke is added as another imagined commentator.

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Revenge is suggested as a companion film.
American Flyers first, then No Way Out, would show Costner before and after stardom.
The Big Clock offers the earlier adaptation, although it is considered less good and less twisty.
Presumed Innocent supplies another sexy, star-driven mystery about power.