

A sleazy but affable guard dog trainer is blackmailed to steal a manuscript for a tell-all book from one of his clients.
Acting
Nicholson fully commits to ridiculous; Barkin deserved better material.
Production
Carole Eastman's script sat unproduced for 15 years—should've stayed there.

Director
Bob Rafelson
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was Rafelson and Nicholson's fifth collaboration, ending a 20-year partnership with a critical and commercial disaster.
Screenwriter Carole Eastman also wrote Five Easy Pieces; this unreleased-for-15-years script became her final film credit.