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Shurlock office. Boone was worried some scenes had been re-shot to be more lurid and sexy – something Ray Stark denied. "There have been no changes at all in the film", said
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who encouraged Boone to try a straight dramatic role. Boone agreed because
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Eddie is a singing drifter who wants to travel around the world. He works in an
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wanted Boone's character to sleep with Nancy Kwan's. Boone was reluctant and refused to shoot a scene with them in bed together. However, as he did not have script approval he filmed scenes which indicated his character slept with Kwan's.
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anything that a guy my age would be called up on to do in the movies with one exception: it must be family entertainment. I wouldn't want to make a picture that I wouldn't permit my children to see."
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is well until Eddie moves on, falling in love with another circus performer, Tessa; this is complicated by the jealousy of Gina's ex-husband, Bozo.
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