room shootout. At the last minute, William Friedkin (qv)  and Gerald Petievich (qv) decided to change the story, having  Chance die in the shootout, and later showing Vukovich taking on  some of Chances characteristics. Their reasoning was that no one  would ever expect the hero, even an antihero, to die before the  climactic showdown. MGM was nervous about this and asked Friedkin to  shoot a different ending. Friedkin shot an alternate take of the  locker