One night while on location in Guatemala, near the Mexican border, producer Robert L. Lippert woke to the sound of gunfire coming from the hotel room next to his. Remembering that a Guatemalan army general was staying in the next room, Lippert realized it was an assassination attempt and, not wanting to get shot as an eyewitness, jumped out the window and ran across the border to Mexico. The rest of the company, which was staying at another hotel, left the country for Mexico the next day.
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