Dave asked:
"Who was supposed to be the original killer - Willaim
Bendix?"
Yup. According to my memory of the intro to the publication
of the script, Buzz killed her when he snapped due to some
sort of post-traumatic stress disorder. The Production Code
(or maybe the studio, it's been a long time since I read it)
vetoed that. However, by that point, most of the film had
been shot, since they were filming it as quickly as Chandler
could write it, since they had to finish it before Alan
Ladd's leave was over. So Chandler had to come up with an
alternate ending built on the same story. So we got Buzz's
trickshooting scene to prove that he couldn't have done
it.
As I said, I read this story a long time ago. Jim is probably
more familiar with the specifics and can correct any errors
I've made.
The Production Code necessitated changes in a lot of movies
during its reign. In fact, they sometimes micro-managed to
such a degree that Joe Breen should have been credited as
co-writer in many cases.
Mark
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