In 1957 Sean Connery was cast by Hollywood bombshell Lana Turner as her love interest in a small British-made picture called Another Time, Another Place. Despite the age difference - she was more than ten years older than Connery - rumours quickly began circulating on set that the screen lovers had continued the action off screen. Sean Connery was also seen on her arm at West End shows and in fashionable London restaurants. It did not take long for word of their relationship to travel across the Atlantic to the ears of Turners hoodlum boyfriend Johnny Stompanato. Stompanato was a snappily dressed small-time crook with a taste for violence. He had been introduced to the actress by the gambling racketeer Mickey Cohen. When he heard the stories about her and Connery, a furious Stompanato phoned Turner and threatened to kill her - or at least disfigure her with a knife. He boarded a plane for London to sort out the man he thought was sleeping with his girlfriend.
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