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Gunshot | Cult Film
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Best Actor in a Motion Picture Drama | 1974 | Robert
Best Film | 1974 | James William
First-time director James William Guercio wanted Conrad L. Hall to photograph this film, but Hall's salary was more than was budgeted for a cinematographer. Guercio reduced his own salary to $1.00 so he could secure Hall as the cinematographer.
According to James William Guercio's DVD commentary, the majority of the movie was filmed without government permits because the Arizona State Police did not want to co-operate with the production of the film.
Peter Cetera, bassist and lead vocalist for the group Chicago, plays a character named "Bob Zemko". A character named "The Beard" is played by an actor whose real name is Bob Zemko. The real Zemko was a Chicago truck driver who became famous in that city in 1969 when he saved a teenage girl from an attacker and later prevented a gang of thugs from murdering a man in the street. He died a year after making this film, which was his only movie role.
This 1973 movie and the previous year's Dirty Little Billy (1972) represent the first ever on-screen appearances (both uncredited) of Nick Nolte. According to director James William Guercio on the DVD, he wanted to give Nolte a speaking part , but the production had run out money.
The cover for the soundtrack album consists of one large picture, showing seven tall highway patrolmen standing in a line and a short one (Robert Blake)l in the middle of them. Exactly the same picture is hanging on the wall of the office of Capt. Frank Furillo (Daniel J. Travanti) in the TV series Hill Street Blues (1981).
"Harve Poole: Incompetence is the worst form of corruption."
"John Wintergreen: You see, you've been back only six weeks, and I'm gonna do for you what it took somebody six months to do for me. Truck Driver: Yes, sir. What's that? John Wintergreen: Nothin'."
