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* CreatorBacklash: Budd Boetticher expressed disgust with Creator/ShirleyMacLaine's bawdy character obviously not looking like a nun as opposed to his idea of a genteel lady whose final revelation would have been more of a surprise to the audience. He asked Don Siegel how he could make an awful film like that with Siegel replying that it was a great feeling to wake up in the morning and know there was a check in the mail, while Boetticher replied it was a better feeling to wake up in the morning and be able to look at yourself in the mirror.
* HostilityOnTheSet: Don Siegel and Creator/ClintEastwood felt intimidated by Creator/ShirleyMacLaine onset. Siegel described her as, "It's hard to feel any great warmth to her. She's too unfeminine and has too much balls. She's very, very hard."

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* CreatorBacklash: Budd Boetticher expressed disgust with Creator/ShirleyMacLaine's bawdy character obviously not looking like a nun as opposed to his idea of a genteel lady whose final revelation would have been more of a surprise to the audience. He asked Don Siegel Creator/DonSiegel how he could make an awful film like that with Siegel replying that it was a great feeling to wake up in the morning and know there was a check in the mail, while Boetticher replied it was a better feeling to wake up in the morning and be able to look at yourself in the mirror.
* HostilityOnTheSet: Don Siegel Creator/DonSiegel and Creator/ClintEastwood felt intimidated by Creator/ShirleyMacLaine onset. Siegel described her as, "It's hard to feel any great warmth to her. She's too unfeminine and has too much balls. She's very, very hard."
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** The Italian title is 'Gli Avvoltoi Hanno Fame', which means 'The Vultures Are Hungry'.
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** Creator/ElizabethTaylor was the one who brought the script to Creator/ClintEastwood while he was filming ''Film/WhereEaglesDare'' with Creator/RichardBurton. She was supposed to play Sara, but she had to turn down the role because she wanted to shoot in Spain where Burton was making his latest film.

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** Creator/ElizabethTaylor was the one who brought the script to Creator/ClintEastwood while he was filming ''Film/WhereEaglesDare'' with Creator/RichardBurton. She was supposed to play Sara, but she had to turn down the role because she wanted to shoot in Spain where Burton was making his latest film.film.
** Eastwood tried to get Creator/SergioLeone to direct.
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* AbilityOverAppearance: Sister Sara was supposed to be Mexican but Creator/ShirleyMacLaine was cast instead. Although they were initially unconvinced with her pale complexion, Creator/ClintEastwood believed that the studio was keen on [=MacLaine=] as they had high hopes for her film ''Film/SweetCharity'', in which she played a taxi dancer.

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* AbilityOverAppearance: Sister Sara was supposed to be Mexican but Creator/ShirleyMacLaine was cast instead. Although they were initially unconvinced with her pale complexion, Creator/ClintEastwood believed that the studio was keen on [=MacLaine=] as they had high hopes for her film ''Film/SweetCharity'', in which she played a taxi dancer. Note that this relies upon the [[LatinoIsBrown stereotype]] of Latinos, as there are indeed those with pale looks too.
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* HostilityOnTheSet: Don Siegel and Creator/ClintEastwood felt intimidated by ShirleyMacLaine onset. Siegel described her as, "It's hard to feel any great warmth to her. She's too unfeminine and has too much balls. She's very, very hard."

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* HostilityOnTheSet: Don Siegel and Creator/ClintEastwood felt intimidated by ShirleyMacLaine Creator/ShirleyMacLaine onset. Siegel described her as, "It's hard to feel any great warmth to her. She's too unfeminine and has too much balls. She's very, very hard."
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* AbilityOverAppearance: Sister Sara was supposed to be Mexican but Creator/ShirleyMacLaine was cast instead. Although they were initially unconvinced with her pale complexion, Creator/ClintEastwood believed that the studio was keen on [=MacLaine=] as they had high hopes for her film ''Sweet Charity'', in which she played a taxi dancer.

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* AbilityOverAppearance: Sister Sara was supposed to be Mexican but Creator/ShirleyMacLaine was cast instead. Although they were initially unconvinced with her pale complexion, Creator/ClintEastwood believed that the studio was keen on [=MacLaine=] as they had high hopes for her film ''Sweet Charity'', ''Film/SweetCharity'', in which she played a taxi dancer.
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** Creator/ElizabethTaylor was the one who brought the script to CreatorClintEastwood while he was filming ''Film/WhereEaglesDare'' with Creator/RichardBurton. She was supposed to play Sara, but she had to turn down the role because she wanted to shoot in Spain where Burton was making his latest film.

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** Creator/ElizabethTaylor was the one who brought the script to CreatorClintEastwood Creator/ClintEastwood while he was filming ''Film/WhereEaglesDare'' with Creator/RichardBurton. She was supposed to play Sara, but she had to turn down the role because she wanted to shoot in Spain where Burton was making his latest film.
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* AbilityOverAppearance: Sister Sara was supposed to be Mexican but Creator/ShirleyMacLaine was cast instead. Although they were initially unconvinced with her pale complexion, Creator/ClintEastwood believed that the studio was keen on [=MacLaine=] as they had high hopes for her film ''Sweet Charity'', in which she played a taxi dancer.
* CompletelyDifferentTitle: The Finnish title of the film is "Kourallinen dynamiittia", which translates into English as "Fistful of Dynamite".
* CreatorBacklash: Budd Boetticher expressed disgust with Creator/ShirleyMacLaine's bawdy character obviously not looking like a nun as opposed to his idea of a genteel lady whose final revelation would have been more of a surprise to the audience. He asked Don Siegel how he could make an awful film like that with Siegel replying that it was a great feeling to wake up in the morning and know there was a check in the mail, while Boetticher replied it was a better feeling to wake up in the morning and be able to look at yourself in the mirror.
* HostilityOnTheSet: Don Siegel and Creator/ClintEastwood felt intimidated by ShirleyMacLaine onset. Siegel described her as, "It's hard to feel any great warmth to her. She's too unfeminine and has too much balls. She's very, very hard."
* RomanceOnTheSet: New York Magazine critic Gael Greene had a tryst with Creator/ClintEastwood on the set of this movie when she was sent to interview him.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
** Budd Boetticher, who wrote the original script, had planned the film for Creator/RobertMitchum and Creator/DeborahKerr. Creator/LeeMarvin was also considered. Kerr's character was a member of the Mexican aristocracy escaping the vengeance of the Mexican Revolution, with Mitchum's cowboy protecting her as he led her to safety to the United States.
** Creator/ElizabethTaylor was the one who brought the script to CreatorClintEastwood while he was filming ''Film/WhereEaglesDare'' with Creator/RichardBurton. She was supposed to play Sara, but she had to turn down the role because she wanted to shoot in Spain where Burton was making his latest film.

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