Kaiwhakahaere Martin Scorsese i hiahia ki te kiriata i te pukapuka, engari kihai i kōwhiringa i te reira. Kaiwhakarato Herb Jaffe kōwhiringa i te reira i roto i te tīmatanga o te 1970, engari Dick i unimpressed ki te screenplay i tuhituhia e te tama Herb o Robert: "Jaffe's screenplay was so terribly done... Robert flew down to Santa Ana to speak with me about the project. A ko te mea tuatahi i mea ahau ki a ia ka puta ia i te rererangi ko, 'Kia whiua koe i konei i te rererangi, ranei kia whiua koe hoki i runga i toku whare?'" te screenplay i faaite e Hampton Fancher i roto i te 1977. Producer Michael Deeley riro hiahia i roto i te kaiwhakahaere o Fancher, me te whakapono Ridley Scott ki te tuhi i te pukapuka, engari kihai i kōwhiringa i te reira. i mate i roto i te tīmatanga o te 1970, engari Dick i unimpressed ki te screenplay i tuhituhia e te tama a Herb Robert: "Kia whiua i te screenplay o Jaffe i pera whakamataku...
Ko Scott