Not knowing what had really happened, Lois complained to him: "I was almost killed." He apologized: "I""ve been kind of busy for awhile," and flew off - as Lois contemplated her future with the superhero: "Some day, if he""s lucky.This film was the actor""s third feature in 1971.The director took advantage of many scenic views and locales in the picturesque city of San Francisco within the film, although the most famous set-piece - the bank robbery on a downtown street in the film""s opening - was shot on a Hollywood studio set.I mean, if he""s supposed to be throwing it, how do you explain the fact that he hit.375 for the Series and didn""t commit one error, huh?...Twelve hits, including the Series"" only home run, and they said he""s tryin"" to lose?....The commissioner of baseball suspended eight of the players, including he great Shoeless Joe Jackson, for life.]Paul ""Taxi Driver"" Schrader and Mardik ""Mean Streets"" Martin contributed the superb (and un-nominated) screenplay hat was loosely based on Jake La Motta""s book of the same name - it chronicled the boxer""s own rise and tragic, self-destructive, violent fall." The student pressed Frankenstein about the basis of his grandfather""s work - the reanimation of dead tissue (as evidenced by more modern medical advancements with heart and kidney transplants), but the doctor denied being even curious or intrigued about his grandfather""s experiments in "bringing back to life what was once dead":My grandfather was a very sick man.