Trivia / The Osterman Weekend

• Box Office Bomb: Budget, Unknown. Box office, $6,486,797.
• Cast the Runner-Up: Rutger Hauer was originally cast as Lawrence Fassett. He was tired of playing villains, so he asked Sam Peckinpah to let him play the lead.
• Completely Different Title: The Finnish title is "Verinen Viikonloppu", which means "Bloody Weekend" in English.
• Doing It for the Art: Many castmembers, including John Hurt, Burt Lancaster and Dennis Hopper, signed on for less than their usual salaries for an opportunity to work with Sam Peckinpah.
• Fake American: Englishman John Hurt as a CIA agent.
• Real-Life Relative: Meg Foster and her son Christopher Starr play mother and son.
• What Could Have Been: Sam Peckinpah hoped to cast James Coburn as John Tanner.

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