While Darren McGavin had a major supporting role as the bookmaker Gus Sands, he received no credit. In the recent retrospective documentary on the Special Edition DVD of this movie, Robert Prosky (the Judge) claimed that McGavin was cast late in the picture, and would have received a lesser billing than the other stars. Thus McGavin chose to go uncredited. Prosky noted that McGavin wound up "drawing more attention to himself" as a result.
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The farmer-owner of a 160 acre watermelon ranch and farm near Manzanola in the American state of Colorado, where exterior scenes were filmed, was initially allegedly offered about US $1000 - US $3500 for the use of his land for the film. However, upon learning that this movie had Hollywood movie stars in it, and the fact that the picture had been announced as a multi-million dollar venture in the "La Junta Tribune-Democrat" publication, the Melon owner-farmer reportedly increased the price from US $3500 to US $10,000.
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Screenwriter Elmore Leonard wrote this with Clint Eastwood in mind. Leonard had previously written the screenplay for Eastwood's Joe Kidd (1972).
Mr. Majestyk - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
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