No Way Back [Adventures of Jesse Crowder II: Journey To Nowhere] (Original screenplay for the 1976 film)

N.p.: N.p., 1975. Draft script for the 1976 blaxploitation film, here under the working title "Adventures of Jesse Crowder II: Journey to Nowhere." Copy belonging to actor Nick Dimitri, who played the character "Henchman," with marker annotations of his name, copy number "12," and date "1-9-76," on the front wrapper. Script with manuscript pencil and ink annotations on twenty pages, and with manuscript marker annotations of page numbers throughout. Bound in preceding the script is a two page cast contact sheet and a five page schedule dated January 13, 1976.

The second of four Jesse Crowder films starring Fred Williamson, and the first film (truncated) made by Williamson's production company "Po' Boy Productions." Preceded by "Death Journey" (1976), and followed by "Blind Rage" (1978).

Ex-cop turned private detective, Jesse Crowder, is on the hunt for a fugitive named Woolf and his girlfriend Candy, until he runs into trouble with Candy's pimp Bernie and his gang.

Set in and shot on location in Venice, Mill Valley, Newport Beach, and Santa Monica, California.

Blue untitled wrappers. Title page present, dated 1975, with credits for screenwriter Fred Williamson. 93 leaves, with last page of text numbered 85. Xerographic duplication, rectos only. Pages Near Fine, wrapper Very Good plus, bound internally with a prong binding.

Howard, Blaxploitation Cinema: The Essential Reference Guide. (Inventory #: 166433)