to cover  himself in gray hair and matted beard. But over the time  George C. Scott (qv),Lee Marvin (qv),Marlon Brando (qv),  Jon Voight (qv) and Dennis Hopper (qv) were approached to play  Webb. The movie was screenplay by Alan Sharpe (qv). So Nicholson  dropped the project and turned his attention to Goin South.