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The Great Bank Robbery, the 1969 Hy Averback screwball crime comedy ("It was a bank that couldn't be taken. But three different gangs tried. All on the same morning."; "Based on the novel by Frank O'Rourke"; "Screenplay by William Peter Blatty"; "Is this the Reverend Pious Blue? No, this is a bank robber"; "Is this Sister Lyda? No, this is Reverend Pious Blue's assistant bank robber"; "Is this Texas ranger? No this is a rival bank robber"; "Is this a Chinese laundry man? No this is Texas Ranger Ben Quick's inscrutable deputy bank robber"; "Is this a bad bandito? Yes this is a South-of-the-Border bank robber from a third gang which is trying to outwit the second gang and outrace the first gang for the loot in the Receiver's Bank of Friendly"; "The James Boys... The Daltons... The Younger Brothers... The most notorious outlaws stashed their cash there. It was the best defended bank in the West."; "Is this Texas Ranger Ben Quick? No, this is a rival bank robber."; "The Great Bunglers"; "With apologies to Willie Sutton, Jesse James and Bonnie and Clyde..."; "Meanwhile, back at the bank... the crazy banditos were shooting at the brick wall, the Chinese laundrymen - guardians of Law and Order - were taking turns digging tunnels and washing shirts, while Sister Lyda was taking care of Texas Ranger Ben Quick and the Reverend Pious Blue had his eyes cast to the heavens... for a quick getaway.") starring Zero Mostel, Kim Novak, Clint Walker, Claude Akins, Akim Tamiroff, Larry Storch, John Anderson, Sam Jaffe, Mako, and Bob Steele
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Important Added Info: Note that William Peter Blatty was a screenwriter in Hollywood who wrote screenplays in the 1960s. After this movie, he wrote two more in 1970 and 1971, and then in 1971, he wrote "The Exorcist", and wrote the screenplay for it, and of course, that made him a superstar! Also note that this script is the revised estimating script from August 1, 1968 and the screenplay was written by William Peter Blatty (there is a pink sheet bound into the script after the title page that says "this script is not final and is given to you for advance information only"). The first interior page has a form that was to be signed by the person receiving the script and it had perforations in the bottom one-third of that page (and they are true perforations, and NOT a photocopied page). This was the way the studio kept track of who had these scripts! Note that this is a script for a screenplay that was sent to agent Paul Kohner (see below), and it is 100% certainly an original script that was created at the time we indicate above, and it is NOT any sort of copy or later creation. The person who purchases this script is solely purchasing the script itself, and NOT any right to reproduce it in any way, or publish it. This script comes from the estate of Paul Kohner, who had a remarkable life! Kohner was born in Czechoslovakia in 1902, and he was a journalist working at his father's newspaper. He came to Hollywood after interviewing Carl Laemmle, who gave him a job as a publicity man. He became the head of Universal's European department in Berlin, and returned to the U.S. in the early 1930s, and left Universal in 1938, becoming a publicity agent. Among his clients were some of the greatest film stars ever, including Greta Garbo, Ingrid Bergman, and also great directors such as John Huston and Billy Wilder. He had close personal friendships with many of his clients, and he saved every bit of correspondence and paper work from his agency! He was married to actress Lupita Tovar from 1932 until his death in 1988. Amazingly, after his death, few institutions showed interest in his immense files, and only a small amount ended up being saved, with a lot literally thrown away! Our consignor purchased the item offered here from Mr. Kohner's estate in 1989, and he has held it until now, when he has consigned several items from Mr. Kohner's estate to eMoviePoster.com, and each item is being auctioned separately.

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