Skeeter Magee

Los Angeles: Stephen Friedman / Kings Road Productions, circa 1977. Draft script for an unproduced film. Screenwriter Ron Turbeville's only produced screen credits were for "Buster and Billie" (1974) and a few episodes of television ("Adam-12," "The Name of the Game").

A coming-of-age story with what would appear to be a nearly all-Black cast, about a 14-year-old Black teenager named Jimmy who lives in an unnamed part of the rural American South. He dreams of life in the city, and finds his induction by way of urban denizen Skeeter Magee.

Tan titled wrappers. Title page present, with credits for screenwriter Turbeville. 132 leaves, Xerographic duplication. Pages Near Fine, wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three gold brads.

[Book #130496]