Late in his career, director Alfred Hitchcock flirted with the idea of casting Eastwood as a flawed hero up to his neck in criminals and trying to help a sad blonde in distress in a movie version of Elmore Leonard's great novel.

One of the last projects considered by director Alfred Hitchcock was based on the gritty Elmore Leonard novel about a flawed hero up to his neck in criminals and getting caught up with a sad blonde in distress.