Norman Mailer: Works and Days

Mailer's New Movie Has a Punchy Denouement

Joseph Mancini's account of a fistfight on the Maidstone set.

An article-interview by Joseph Mancini — an account of a fistfight on the set of Maidstone. Mailer told Lane Smith, whom he had just knocked down, that it was he, not José Torres, who had hit him.

First published: 1968-07-31
Form: article-interview
Lennon & Lennon: 68.16a
Cite as: /works/1968-07-31-punchy-denouement
Last updated: 2026-05-30