* AllStarCast: This is a Who's Who of Hollywood in TheEighties. Including both actors you'd expect to see in a western (such as Creator/KevinCostner, Creator/ScottGlenn, Creator/BrianDennehy) and those you wouldn't (like Creator/KevinKline, Creator/JohnCleese, Creator/JeffGoldblum).
* BillingDisplacement: Creator/JohnCleese's role is pretty much [[TheCameo a cameo]].
* TheDanza: John Cleese shares the same first name as his character, John Langston.
* RealLifeRelative: Aside from directing and producing the film, Lawrence Kasdan wrote the screenplay with his brother Mark. In addition, Kasdan's wife Meg appears as the barmaid serving Mal a drink, and their two children had small roles in the film as well.
* StarMakingRole: Kevin Costner and Danny Glover were basically unknown at the time of the film’s release, but regularly got much larger roles shortly after.