tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6189974967302818072.post6693315643120195089..comments2024-03-28T06:19:40.199-07:00Comments on .Westerns...All'Italiana!: Cameron Mitchell Prefers Bankruptcy to Suicide [archived newspaper article]Tom B.http://www.blogger.com/profile/08555044041861931878noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6189974967302818072.post-5244031546374281402023-05-31T13:16:14.890-07:002023-05-31T13:16:14.890-07:00I plan on making a movie about Cameron Mitchell ca...I plan on making a movie about Cameron Mitchell called, "The Man Who Would Be Buck". The title stems from the fact that in the film, Mitchell later goes on to become Buck Cannon on "The High Chaparral". It will take place from 1938 to 1992 and focus on Cameron Mitchell's life before, during, and after "The High Chaparral". I will play the role of a fictional character named Ray Tate who is a big fan of Westerns but more importantly "The High Chaparral". During one scene, my character asks Cameron Mitchell, "How much does it cost to get a gig on the High Chaparral?" Then Mitchell asks, "Just what the Hell ya talking bout?" I say, "I wanna be on the show!" Mitchell then asks, "And who would you play?" And I say, "Anybody!" I end up on the show as a guest star but I am credited as David Scott. (I think I told you the story of how I became David Scott one time if you don't remember). Not that I mind, but that's not my name. So I ask Cameron Mitchell why I'm being credited as David Scott. He then says, "Your other name was too short. So we changed it." I ask who I am playing. He says, "You will play Doc Holliday." What? You're kidding! I gotta play him? But his character has tuberculosis! Mitchell gets mad at me and says, "Do you want the job or not?" I say, "Yes." Then Mitchell says, "Well then, play the damn part!" So I play the part and soon he realizes that he and I have worked together before. I appeared in a uncredited role as a gunfighter named Ringo in "Minnesota Clay" when he and I didn't even know who Sergio Corbucci was. We thought we were working for Sergio Leone! He also tells me that he and I did "The Last Gun" together but that he and I walked off halfway through because he didn't like the salary they offered him and I didn't like the script. In that film, I have an uncredited role as Billy Hart. During the final scene, in 1992, I ask his character what his one regret in life is. He says, "I only regret growing up too soon." And that is how the movie ends. Wish me luck.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com