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At 0:50 Sgt. Oddball ( Donald Sutherland ) unsnaps his holster to reveal a Luger or Luger type pistol, the Colt 45 was standard issue for tank crews in WWII
BTW - He is trying too hard not to be his last character, Vernon Pinkley in The Dirty Dozen that he does one really bad piece of acting in this movie..
The original draft of the script by Harry Julian Fink and Rita M. Fink was set in New York City. When Clint Eastwood and Don Siegel became involved in the project, they initially planned to relocate the film to Seattle, Washington before ultimately deciding on San Francisco.
Mickey Rooney turned down an offer to play The Penguin. Spencer Tracy was offered the role, but he said he would only take the part if he could kill Batman.
Ursula Andress was apparently paid $6000 for doing the picture. She had a salary of $1000 per week for six weeks work.
Arnold Schwarzenegger turned down the role of Edmond Dantès in The Count of Monte Cristo.
Thank God for that!
Lee Majors was originally cast as Joe Buck, but had to pull out when his TV series, The Big Valley, was renewed for another season.
He is Neil Connery, Sean Connery's younger brother. He made a film to cash in on his brother's fame called Operation Kid Brother in the United States and is also known as Operation Double 007 in Europe.
Sean Connery was really pissed off with his brother.
Blooper at 5:30 to 7:30
There are two bloopers, The Chief of the boat ( fat guy ) would not be allowed to sit in on the Captain's intial interview of a new officer. The second blooper is the fat Chief of the boat, he would have never been allowed to get that fat. Anyone in the military that gets a little large would be put on a diet. Even Lt. Bobby Dougherty ( James Gandolfini ) would not have been allowed to get that large.
José Ferrer was initially very unsatisfied about the small part he was offered. He only accepted on condition that he be paid $25,000 - more than Peter O'Toole and Omar Sharif combined - plus a factory made Porsche. Ironically Ferrer once said about his tiny role that he considered it to be the finest acting of his career.
