Endangered Species screenplay – Scripts on Screen

Year:1982

Director:Alan Rudolph

Written by:Alan Rudolph (Writer), John Binder (Writer)

Script Synopsis:Thriller about a New York ex-cop and an attractive female sheriff who fall in love while investigating a string of mysterious cattle mutilations in a small Colorado town. Urich is great as Reuben Castle, the retired alcoholic police lieutenant out visiting the town with his tomboy daughter. At first he tries to stay out of the case but finds himself involved after the mysterious death of his friend Joe Hiatt, the editor of the local paper whose theories about black helicopters have aroused the ire of cattle baron Ben Morgan. Trying miserably to stay sober, Castle finds himself back in danger and in love, as he and the sheriff work together to get to the bottom of the mystery, encountering incredible danger and resistance from the frightened locals.

Endangered Species Script Resources:

Endangered Species Script PDF at Script Fly ($)
Endangered Species Script PDF - 2/27/81 REVISED FINAL at Script City ($)

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