Tennessee Overdrive

N.p. N.p., Circa 1970s. Draft script for an unproduced film. With a single manuscript ink annotation on the front wrapper noting the title of the film.

A ex-convict looking to pay his debts teams up with a hardened trucker determined to keep his small trucking operation, in spite of violent intimidation tactics by a rival company. The two men make their way along a Tennessee trucking route headed for Atlanta, culminating in a shootout at the Blue Ridge Mountain pass. Screenwriters Michael Scheff and David Spector were best known for the disaster thriller "Airport '77" (1977).

Set in Gatlinburg, Lexington, the Blue Ridge Mountains, and the apparently fictional town of Raeburn, Tennessee.

Blue untitled wrappers. Title page present, with credits for screenwriters Michael Scheff and David Spector. 137 leaves, with last page of text numbered 132. Xerographic duplication, rectos only. Pages Very Good plus, wrapper Very Good plus, bound internally with three gold brads.

[Book #146562]