Crimewave [The XYZ Murders]

Los Angeles: Embassy Pictures, 1983. Final script for the 1985 film, seen here under the working title "The XYZ Murders," with an annotation in manuscript pencil on the title page, noting the release title.

A mild-mannered security technician finds himself unwillingly implicated in a murder plot engineered by his boss, who has hired a pair of hit men after learning of a covert plan by his business partner to undermine his authority. Although largely unsuccessful upon release, the film has since been reconsidered as a cult classic.

Shot on location in Los Angeles and Detroit.

White generic Embassy Pictures wrappers. Title page present, dated 10/20/83, noted as Final, with credits for screenwriters Sam Raimi and Joel and Ethan Coen. 100 leaves, with last page of text numbered 98. Xerographic duplication, rectos only. Pages Near Fine, wrapper Very Good plus, bound internally with two gold brads.

[Book #167219]