The film was entirely shot on location in New York City.The exploitational film was initially released in mid-December of 1977 with an R-rating, but then to make the film available to younger audiences and also for television, the dark film was re-edited (mostly by editing out six minutes of footage) and released with a PG rating in March of 1979, without the coarse language and explicit sex scenes (such as Stephanie""s attempted rape and he topless dancer).The ambitious, yet soul-less seductress argues that with her husband dead, she would inherit the financial security of the restaurant:Cora: What are we going to do?Frank: That""s great comin"" from you after you""ve been high-hatting me the way you have.Macreedy:Oh, I""ll only be here twenty-four hours.Conductor:In a place like this, it could be a lifetime.The stranger is immediately treated with suspicion and fear - entering from the outside, he represents a danger to the concealed town""s citizens.With a quick stabbing of his spiked signet ring marked A113 (also Hunt""s code number), Hanaway easily drugged Stefanski and stole the files in a satchel, although he was pursued by other "armed hostiles.BackgroundBeau Geste(1939) is director/producer William Wellman""s superb, high adventure tale set in the desert - a classic melodramatic, rousing film of the late 30s from Paramount Studios.