Extra Help
Donn Pearce had no experience in script writing so they brought in Frank Pierson to do the writing and directing. The extra work seemed to have been a good decision as it is considered one of the best movies of all time.
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Expired Meters
The famous parking meter scene wasn’t all staged. Actually, some of the parking meters were real and they were destroyed for the movie in the city of Lodi in California. The city didn’t replace them for many years.