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* UncreditedRole: Creator/RichardMarner as an aide to the prime minister.
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* BreakthroughHit: For Creator/AlfredHitchcock.
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* SelfAdaptation: Creator/AlfredHitchcock remade his 1934 film in 1956. He told Creator/FrancoisTruffaut that the first film was "the work of a talented amateur and the second was made by a professional". Nevertheless, Hitchcock preferred the earlier version, largely because it wasn't so polished.

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* SelfAdaptation: SelfRemake: Creator/AlfredHitchcock remade his 1934 film in 1956. He told Creator/FrancoisTruffaut that the first film was "the work of a talented amateur and the second was made by a professional". Nevertheless, Hitchcock preferred the earlier version, largely because it wasn't so polished.



** Creator/AvaGardner, Creator/GraceKelly, Creator/KimNovak, Creator/GeneTierney and Creator/LanaTurner were all considered for the role of Jo [=McKenna=].

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** Creator/AvaGardner, Creator/GraceKelly, Creator/KimNovak, Creator/GeneTierney Creator/GeneTierney, and Creator/LanaTurner were all considered for the role of Jo [=McKenna=].
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* FakeNationality: Rien, whose name seems to imply he is French, is played by Austrian actor Creator/ReggieNalder.

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* AFIS100Years100Songs: #48, "Que Sera, Sera (Whatever Will Be, Will Be)"



* WorkingTitle: ''Into Thin Air''.

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* WorkingTitle: ''Into Thin Air''.Air''.
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* AFIS100Years100Songs: #48, "Que Sera, Sera (Whatever Will Be, Will Be)"
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* PlayingAgainstType: Leslie Banks, who often played bad guys (like Zaroff in ''Literature/TheMostDangerousGame'' and the leader of the gang of thugs in Hitchcock's later ''Literature/JamaicaInn''), is the hero here.

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* PlayingAgainstType: Leslie Banks, Creator/LeslieBanks, who often played bad guys (like Zaroff in ''Literature/TheMostDangerousGame'' and the leader of the gang of thugs in Hitchcock's later ''Literature/JamaicaInn''), is the hero here.
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* PlayingAgainstType: Leslie Banks, who often played bad guys (like Zaroff in ''Literature/TheMostDangerousGame'' and the leader of the gang of thugs in Hitchcock's later ''Literature/JamaicaInn''), is the hero here.
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* TheCastShowoff: Doris Day's agents demanded that she sing at least one new song, hence the inclusion of "Qué Será, Será" and "We'll Love Again."

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* TheCastShowoff: Doris Day's Creator/DorisDay's agents demanded that she sing at least one new song, hence the inclusion of "Qué Será, Será" and "We'll Love Again."



** Creator/AvaGardner, Creator/GraceKelly, Creator/KimNovak, Jane Russell, Creator/GeneTierney and Creator/LanaTurner were all considered for the role of Jo [=McKenna=].

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** Creator/AvaGardner, Creator/GraceKelly, Creator/KimNovak, Jane Russell, Creator/GeneTierney and Creator/LanaTurner were all considered for the role of Jo [=McKenna=].
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* PlayingAgainstType: Ben [=McKenna=] is much closer to the usual all-American Creator/JimmyStewart character than [[Theatre/{{Rope}} Rupert Cadell]], [[Film/RearWindow Jeff Jeffries]] or [[Film/{{Vertigo}} Scottie Ferguson]], but his sometimes-tense exchanges with Jo show that he's not perfect. The scene where he insists on giving Jo some tranquilizers so he can tell her about Hank's kidnapping especially hints at a darker side of the character.
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!!The 1934 film:
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: One idea tossed around in the scripting stage was to have Abbott's gang hypnotize Jill and force her into being the assassin, a concept famously used decades later in ''Literature/TheManchurianCandidate''.


!! The 1956 film:
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* ContractualObligationProject: Hitchcock owed Paramount one more film, and he resurrected the idea of an Americanized remake of the 1934 film, which he first hatched shortly after he moved to Hollywood.
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** Creator/BernardHerrmann was originally going to compose an entirely new piece for the Royal Albert Hall scene, but he decided that the 1934 film's ''Storm Clouds Cantata'' worked fine for a climax, so he just wrote a new arrangement for it.

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** Creator/BernardHerrmann Music/BernardHerrmann was originally going to compose an entirely new piece for the Royal Albert Hall scene, but he decided that the 1934 film's ''Storm Clouds Cantata'' worked fine for a climax, so he just wrote a new arrangement for it.

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* SelfAdaptation: Creator/AlfredHitchcock remade his 1934 film in 1956. He told Creator/Francois Truffaut that the first film was "the work of a talented amateur and the second was made by a professional". Nevertheless, Hitchcock preferred the earlier version, largely because it wasn't so polished.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Creator/AvaGardner, Creator/GraceKelly, Creator/KimNovak, Jane Russell, Creator/GeneTierney and Creator/LanaTurner were all considered for the role of Jo [=McKenna=].

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* SelfAdaptation: Creator/AlfredHitchcock remade his 1934 film in 1956. He told Creator/Francois Truffaut Creator/FrancoisTruffaut that the first film was "the work of a talented amateur and the second was made by a professional". Nevertheless, Hitchcock preferred the earlier version, largely because it wasn't so polished.
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** Creator/BernardHerrmann was originally going to compose an entirely new piece for the Royal Albert Hall scene, but he decided that the 1934 film's ''Storm Clouds Cantata'' worked fine for a climax, so he just wrote a new arrangement for it.
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Creator/AvaGardner, Creator/GraceKelly, Kim Novak, Jane Russell, Creator/GeneTierney and Creator/LanaTurner were all considered for the role of Jo [=McKenna=].

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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Creator/AvaGardner, Creator/GraceKelly, Kim Novak, Creator/KimNovak, Jane Russell, Creator/GeneTierney and Creator/LanaTurner were all considered for the role of Jo [=McKenna=].
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* ItWillNeverCatchOn: "Qué Será, Será" again, big time. Doris Day initially was extremely reluctant to even record the song, calling it "forgettable children's song". It went on to win Oscar for the Best Original Song, ran second on US Billboard chart and first on UK Singles Chart and, ironically, ended up as a theme song for Doris' own ''Series/TheDorisDayShow''. It is now #48 on AFIS100Years100Songs list.

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* ItWillNeverCatchOn: "Qué Será, Será" again, big time. Doris Day initially SelfAdaptation: Creator/AlfredHitchcock remade his 1934 film in 1956. He told Creator/Francois Truffaut that the first film was extremely reluctant to even record "the work of a talented amateur and the song, calling it "forgettable children's song". It went on to win Oscar for the Best Original Song, ran second on US Billboard chart and first on UK Singles Chart and, ironically, ended up as was made by a theme song for Doris' own ''Series/TheDorisDayShow''. It is now #48 on AFIS100Years100Songs list.professional". Nevertheless, Hitchcock preferred the earlier version, largely because it wasn't so polished.

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* ItWillNeverCatchOn: "Qué Será, Será" again, big time. Doris Day initially was extremely reluctant to even record the song, calling it "forgettable children's song". It went on to win Oscar for the Best Original Song, ran second on US Billboard chart and first on UK Singles Chart and, ironically, ended up as a theme song for Doris' own ''Series/TheDorisDayShow''. It is now #48 on AFIS100Years100Songs list.

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* ItWillNeverCatchOn: "Qué Será, Será" again, big time. Doris Day initially was extremely reluctant to even record the song, calling it "forgettable children's song". It went on to win Oscar for the Best Original Song, ran second on US Billboard chart and first on UK Singles Chart and, ironically, ended up as a theme song for Doris' own ''Series/TheDorisDayShow''. It is now #48 on AFIS100Years100Songs list.list.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Creator/AvaGardner, Creator/GraceKelly, Kim Novak, Jane Russell, Creator/GeneTierney and Creator/LanaTurner were all considered for the role of Jo [=McKenna=].
* WritingByTheSeatOfYourPants: One of the difficulties Creator/AlfredHitchcock faced with this film was that he had to start shooting before the script was finished.
* WorkingTitle: ''Into Thin Air''.
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* ItWillNeverCatchOn: "Qué Será, Será" again, big time. Doris Day initially was extremely sceptical about the song. It went on to win Oscar for the Best Original Song, ran second on US Billboard chart and first on UK Singles Chart and, ironically, ended up as a theme song for Doris' own ''Series/TheDorisDayShow''. It is now #48 on AFIS100Years100Songs list.

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* ItWillNeverCatchOn: "Qué Será, Será" again, big time. Doris Day initially was extremely sceptical about reluctant to even record the song.song, calling it "forgettable children's song". It went on to win Oscar for the Best Original Song, ran second on US Billboard chart and first on UK Singles Chart and, ironically, ended up as a theme song for Doris' own ''Series/TheDorisDayShow''. It is now #48 on AFIS100Years100Songs list.
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* ItWillNeverCatchOn: "Qué Será, Será" again, big time. Doris Day initially was extremely sceptical about the song. It went on to win Oscar for the Best Original Song, ran second on US Billboard chart and first on UK Singles Chart and, ironically, ended up as a theme song for Doris' own ''Series/TheDorisDayShow''. It is now #48 on AFIS100Years100Songs list.
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* TheCastShowoff: Doris Day's agents demanded that she sing at least one new song, hence the inclusion of "Qué Será, Será" and "We'll Love Again."

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