æz dˈʌz mˈɛlvɪl, ɹˈæpɐpˌoːɹt spˈɛkjʊlˌeɪts ˌɔn hˌaʊ sˌʌm ʌv bˈɪli wˈaɪldɚz ænd pɹˈɛstən stˈɜːdʒᵻz skɹˈɪpts ðæt lˈaɪzən dᵻɹˈɛktᵻd wʊdhɐv fˈɛɹd ɪf ðɛɹ ɹˈaɪɾɚz hæd dᵻɹˈɛktᵻd ðˌɛm ɪnstˈɛd.
As does Melville, Rappaport speculates on how some of Billy Wilder's and Preston Sturges' scripts that Leisen directed would have fared if their writers had directed them instead.