John Cassavetes DEVIL'S ANGELS Original screenplay for the 1967 film #154165

  

Devil's Angels (Original screenplay for the 1967 film, actor Dick Miller's working copy). Author: John Cassavetes (starring); Daniel Haller (director); Charles B. Griffith (screenwriter); Beverly Adams, Mimsy Farmer (starring) Title: Devil's Angels (Original screenplay for the 1967 film, actor Dick Miller's working copy) Publication: Los Angeles: American International Pictures [AIP], 1966.

Description: Draft script for the 1967 film. Copy belonging to actor Dick Miller, with his name on the title page and his manuscript ink and pencil annotations throughout. Miller was initially cast in the role of Leroy, although a motorcycle crash during filming left him with several broken ribs, leading to his replacement by actor George Sims. From the estate of Dick Miller. Violence threatens to erupt in a small town when a gang of former Hell's Angels bikers are wrongfully accused of sexually assaulting a teenage girl.

One of a handful of films in which actor John Cassavetes agreed to star in order to secure financing for his independent 1968 film Faces. Shot on location throughout Arizona. Red titled American International Pictures wrappers. Title page present, dated 12-7-66, with credits for screenwriter Charles B. 105 leaves, with last page of text numbered 104.

Mimeograph duplication, rectos only, with blue revision pages throughout, dated 12-7-66. Pages Near Fine, wrapper Near Fine, bound with two gold brads. Subject: 1960s Cinema, Exploitation, Film Scripts, Juvenile Culture, Motorcycles. Royal Books is located in the midtown area of Baltimore, Maryland. Since 1996, we have specialized in rare books and paper relating to twentieth century literature, genre fiction, the arts, and popular culture, with a particular emphasis on cinema.

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