“It’s a scary world out there, and we need a film like ‘It’s a Wonderful Life’ now more than ever.”

“It’s a scary world out there, and we need a film like ‘It’s a Wonderful Life’ now more than ever.”
The half-empty gas can that was found in the car — obviously a key piece of evidence — was tossed in a dumpster by the cop at the death scene so it couldn’t be tested for fingerprints and analyzed.
Hughes reluctantly removed about half a minute of footage but it wasn’t enough to satisfy the censors. The movie company backed out of the project. Hughes, facing the loss of big bucks, cooked up a scheme.