 Sam Peckinpah (qv) originally wanted Lucien Ballard (qv), with  whom he had had a good working relationship with on his film _Ride  The High Country (1962)_ , as the director of photography, but  producer Jerry Bresler (qv) refused the request, making him work  with Sam Leavitt (qv), whose credits included _Diamond Head  (1962)_ , a previous Bresler production, and  _Cape Fear (1962)_ (qv). Although Leavitt did get along fairly well  with Peckinpah, this was the first sign of tension between the  director and the producer.