written at least five  times to cater to the whims of either a studio or a star. Originally  set in New York, it was later changed to Los Angeles then to Prague  and finally Spokane, Washington. The final "change" was the  elimination of any and all references to Israel and the removal of  the Hasidim from the script of a movie about diamonds and centered  in the diamond district of a major American city. The producer (an  Israeli) said he could not sell the film to "certain territories" if  these elements remained in the film.