A Letter From The Publisher, Mar. 22, 1971

SENT to Spain to interview George C. Scott for this week's cover story, Correspondent Mary Cronin was apprehensive on two counts. There had been so much trouble on the set of Scott's new movie that Director John Huston had resigned and an actress had been fired. Then there was the star's legendary capacity for booze, brawls and belligerence. Would he be in the mood for calm, candid talk? As a rule, said Cronin, "Scott does not look for a fight, but things build up in him or around him until something has to give."...

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