Slither (Original screenplay for the 1973 film)

Beverly Hills, CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM], 1972. Draft script for the 1972 film, belonging to uncredited crew member J.T. Woods, with their name in manuscript pencil on top of front wrapper, and with annotations in manuscript marker of layout diagrams on recto and verso of front wrapper, and with names and a phone number in manuscript ink, on verso of back wrapper .

A recently paroled carjacker is lured back into a world of crime when his dying best friend tells him about a hidden stash of embezzled money. The first screenplay from screenwriter W.D. Richter, known in later years for "Big Trouble in Little China" and his adaptation of "Invasion of the Body Snatchers," and for directing the cult classic, "The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai."

Shot on location in Pismo Beach, California.

Goldenrod titled wrappers, rubber-stamped copy No. 39, dated July 12, 1972, with credits for producer Jack Sher, director Howard Zieff, and screenwriter W.D. Richter. 118 leaves, with last page of text numbered 110. Mimeograph duplication, rectos only, with blue, green, and gray revision pages throughout, dated variously between 6-21-72 and 7-12-72. Pages Near Fine, wrapper Very Good, with tape binding at spine chipping and splitting, and some soiling on back wrapper, bound with two gold brads.