Trivia / 40 Carats

• The Cast Showoff: Deborah Raffin exhibits her skills at billiard; she even calls her shots.
• Looping Lines: Much of Liv Ullmann's dialogue appears to have been looped, as the sound quality of her dialogue is wildly inconsistent with that of the rest of the film.
• Underage Casting: Ann Stanley is meant to be forty. Liv Ullmann was 35.
• What Could Have Been:
  • William Wyler was originally going to direct, but had to bow out due to ill health.
  • Doris Day, Audrey Hepburn, Glenda Jackson, Sophia Loren, Shirley MacLaine and Elizabeth Taylor were considered for Ann Stanley.

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