Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia (Original screenplay for the 1974 film, file copy belonging to Sam Peckinpah)

Sam Peckinpah (director, screenwriter); Gordon T. Dawson (screenwriter); Warren Oates, Isela Vega, Robert Webber, Gig Young (starring)

Published by N.p., N.p., 1972

About this Item

Early Draft script for the 1974 film, file copy belonging to director Sam Peckinpah. Dated July 8, 1972, over a year before production commenced, and notably featuring the original ending with Bennie getting away in true Peckinpah fashion, the director would later rewrite the ending to show Bennie dying in a shootout. With Peckinpah's brief annotations in manuscript ink on the title page and two leaves of the script. Warren Oates stars as Bennie, a bartender who travels through the Mexican underworld, accompanied by his sex worker girlfriend, to collect the bounty on the head of a gigolo. The only Peckinpah film not re-cut by the studio. Shot on location in Mexico. Yellow titled wrappers. Title page present, dated July 8, 1972, with credits for Peckinpah and screenwriter Gordon Dawson. 128 leaves, with last page of text numbered 126. Xerographic duplication, rectos only. Pages Near Fine, wrapper Very Good plus, bound with two gold brads. Ebert II. Nilsen, Warped and Faded. Rosenbaum 1000. Twilight Time 497.

Seller Inventory # 166560

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia (Original screenplay for the 1974 film, file copy belonging to Sam Peckinpah)
• Publisher: N.p., N.p.
• Publication Date: 1972
• Binding: Soft cover
• Seller catalogs:
  • Action Film
  • Mystery and Crime
  • Directors
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  • New Hollywood Cinema