On what work was Dr. Strangelove (1964) based?
Dr. Strangelove was based on a novel, Red Alert, by Peter George.
Humphrey Bogart, Mary Astor, and Sydney Greenstreet star together in two movies, The Maltese Falcon (1941) and Across the Pacific (1942). Both were directed by John Huston.
Alan Hale played Robin Hood’s sidekick Little John, alongside Errol Flynn as Robin. Nicol Williamson played the part in Robin and Marian (1976), alongside Sean Connery. Nick Brimble played Robin Hood’s sidekick Little John, alongside Kevin Costner in Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991).
“Rosebud,” said by Charles Foster Kane (Orson Welles), is the first spoken line in Citizen Kane (1941). “Throw that junk in,” said by Kane’s butler, Raymond (Paul Stewart), as the “Rosebud” sled is thrown into the flames, is the last spoken line in Citizen Kane (1941).
Lulumae Barnes was Holly Golightly’s (Audrey Hepburn’s) real name in Breakfast at Tiffany’s (1961). She was the wife of Doc Golightly (Buddy Ebsen) from Tulip, Texas.
His father punished Alfred Hitchcock for a since-forgotten offense by sending him to the police station with a note. The chief of police read it and locked Hitchcock up for five to ten minutes, saying, “This is what we do to naughty boys.” Hitchcock was four or five years old at the time.
The exterior set of Fort Knox in the climax of Goldfinger (1964), built at Pinewood Studios in England, was accurate down to the driveway. The interior, however, was completely invented, since the filmmakers were not allowed to explore inside. Production designer Ken Adam dreamed up a set full of tubular chrome and gold piled forty…