Fabulous thriller which was originally to have been a Peter Bogdanovich script - info here.
The camera positioning, movement and editing are all just right - it's a film that's really there. Lalo Schifrin's score helps. He helped invigorate the car / biplane scene by writing music that was in tune with both the engines of the vehicles - an amazingly clever touch. Frank Morris is the editor.
The long take against the setting sun was "one of the most difficult" scenes Siegal ever attempted. They nailed it on the third take:
I like Matthau in his serious roles, but unfortunately he told every interviewer that he neither liked nor understood the film, and it negatively affected the film's success. What an idiot.
What happens after? I don't think he can risk going back to the Felicia Farr character... at least, not for a while...
Howard Rodman wrote the first draft of the script but the studio didn't like it. Siegel worked with Dean Riesner (who rewrote many a Clint Eastwood script) getting it right.
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