Sam Peckinpah's final film. Before filming began, Sam Peckinpah insisted that he use actors that he usually worked with previously, such as James Coburn. Producers Peter S. Davis and William N. Panzer balked at the idea and Peckinpah finally agreed to the cast that was chosen. Sam Peckinpah was fired when he refused to re-edit the film after it was screened for a test audience on 25 May 1983 and met with a confused and extremely mixed reaction. Producers Peter S. Davis and William N. Panz ...[Read Story ]