Wissenswertes

Julie Christie and Karen Black turned down the role of Lena.

The cast includes four Oscar winners: George C. Scott, Faye Dunaway, Sir John Mills, and Jack Palance.

Stanley Kramer won the Golden Prize for Direction at the 8th Moscow International Film Festival in 1973.

Glenda Jackson was first announced for the part of Lena Doyle.

This is the only movie in which George C. Scott played a character played who urinated on another character (played by Jack Palance) while holding a shotgun on him.