Marked for Death [Screwface] (Original screenplay for the 1990 film)

  • Los Angeles: SP Films, Inc, 1990
By Steven Seagal, Joanna Pacula, Keith David (starring); Dwight H. Little (director); Michael Grais, Mark Victor (screenwriters)
Los Angeles: SP Films, Inc, 1990. Revised Fourth Draft script for the 1990 film, here under the working title "Screwface." Annotations on label on front wrapper of "Screwface" in manuscript pencil, with "Marked for Death" above, in manuscript ink.

Retired DEA agent, John Hatcher (Steven Seagal), returns to his hometown of Lincoln Heights, Illinois, only to discover it taken over by a vicious Jamaican drug lord, Screwface (Basil Wallace). Intent on driving the dealers out, Hatcher crosses paths with Screwface, who vows Hatcher and his family are "Marked for Death."

Set in Chicago, Illinois, shot on location in Los Angeles, Pasadena, Monrovia, Carpinteria,Santa Clarita, and Saugus, California, and Jamaica.

Untitled blue wrappers with annotated label on front wrapper. Title page present, dated January 18, 1990, noted as Revised 4th Draft, with credits for screenwriters Michael Grais, Mark Victor, and Steven Seagal. 101 leaves, with last page of text numbered 95. Mimeograph duplication, rectos only, with blue revision pages throughout, dated 2/16/90. Pages Near Fine, wrapper Very Good plus, bound internally with prong binding.

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