| 1 | * BeamMeUpScotty: What Lancey actually says is, "You're good, Kid, but as long as I'm around, you're second best." |
| 2 | * BreakthroughHit: For Creator/NormanJewison. |
| 3 | * DawsonCasting: The titular kid is played by the 35 year-old [[Creator/SteveMcQueenActor Steve McQueen]]. |
| 4 | * FollowTheLeader: It's probably not an accident that this story is basically "''Film/{{The Hustler|1961}}'' with cards". |
| 5 | * HostilityOnTheSet: Creator/SamPeckinpah was the film's initial director, but he clashed frequently with producer Martin Ransohoff. Ransohoff in particular didn't care for Peckinpah's decision to shoot DeliberatelyMonochrome, and his decision to change one already sexually-charged scene to include unauthorized nudity finally got Peckinpah fired (the issue was more "unauthorized" than "nudity", but Ransohoff tried to make a moral issue of it when he talked to the Hollywood press). |
| 6 | * TheOtherMarty: Creator/SharonTate was replaced in the film by Tuesday Weld after Creator/SamPeckinpah was fired by producer Martin Ransohoff. |
| 7 | * WagTheDirector: The rather gratuitous fight scene in the film was added at the instigation of [[Creator/SteveMcQueenActor Steve McQueen]] who had it written into his contract that he feature in an action scene. |
| 8 | * WhatCouldHaveBeen: |
| 9 | ** Creator/SpencerTracy was originally cast as Lancey but had to drop out due to health problems and was replaced by Creator/EdwardGRobinson. |
| 10 | ** There had been talk about Creator/CaryGrant taking the role of Lancey Howard. |
| 11 | ** Creator/PaddyChayefsky was originally signed to write the screenplay. |
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