Steve McQueen had been encouraging his publicist David W. Foster to become a film producer. His first attempt was Butch Cassidy (1969), with McQueen starring alongside Paul Newman, but 20th Century Fox did not want Foster in the deal. The project fell apart and while McQueen was making Le 24 ore di Le Mans (1971). Foster acquired the rights to the novel and sent a copy of the book to McQueen, urging him to do it. The actor was looking for a good/bad guy role and saw these qualities in the novel's protagonist.

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