If let’s say POD is Steve McQueen does join the group for dinner as he was supposed to in OTL. Still at the house when Tex, Van Houten and Atkins show up.
McQueen was a former marine and a guy who had some pretty heavy street fighting experience. These were a stoned hippie and two women. He could take them easily.
McQueen gets hurt but manages to overpower them. The other two men help him and also suffers slight injuries. Both Folger and Tate are unharmed.
How does this effect Hollywood? OTL, Manson murders had a big effect California and the US. They get butterflied away.
Guess Sharon Tate becomes a big actress.
Polanski’s career? Bigger than OTL?