June 24, 1977 –
The supposed remake of the 1953 thriller, >Wages of Fear, The Sorcerer, directed by William Friedkin and starring Roy Scheider, Bruno Cremer, Francisco Rabal, and Amidou, was released on this date.
Besides internal on-set conflicts, William Friedkin said that approximately fifty people “had to leave the film for either injury or gangrene,” as well as food poisoning and malaria. In The Friedkin Connection he added that “almost half the crew went into the hospital or had to be sent home.” Friedkin himself lost fifty pounds and was stricken with malaria, which was diagnosed after the film’s premiere.
The Haus of Dcaligari 