Easy Come, Easy Go (unfinished film)

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Easy Come, Easy Go
Directed by Barry Shear
Produced byBobby Roberts
Starring Jan and Dean
Terry-Thomas
Production
company
Dunhill Productions
Distributed byParamount Pictures
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Easy Come, Easy Go was a proposed film starring Jan and Dean which was abandoned in 1965 due to a train crash. [1]

Alan Rafkin was originally announced to direct. [2] Eventually TV director Barry Shear was selected to make his feature debut. [3] The plot involved a movie star (to be played by Terry-Thomas) who moved in with Jan and Dean and their friends to research a role.

Filming started August 2, 1965. [4] On August 5, the unit was filming background shots involving a train which crashed into a flat car; Barry Shear and Jan Berry were injured, along with several other crew. [5] [6] The injuries to Jan and Shear were so severe that the movie was abandoned. [7]

The cancellation led to Paramount reusing the film title the following year for an unrelated film starring Elvis Presley.

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  5. "15 ARE INJURED IN MOVIE CRASH: Train Rams Flatcar in Filming of Scene". Chicago Tribune. August 6, 1965. p. 1.
  6. "12 HURT AS TRAIN HITS FILM FLATCAR: Singer Jan Berry, Director Barry Shear Seriously Injured in Chatsworth Collision". Los Angeles Times. August 6, 1965. p. 3.
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