* PlayingAgainstType: The insidious nature of racism was shown by hiring John Fiedler, otherwise known for playing timid NiceGuy characters, to play the original Lindner, which he reprised in the film. Creator/JohnStamos gets this too in the 2008 film, for those who knew and loved him as [[Series/FullHouse Uncle Jesse]].
* ThoseTwoActors: Creator/SidneyPoitier and Creator/RubyDee had previously played a couple in the Harlem Globetrotters movie ''Go Man Go''.
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