As noted at the end of the film, John Milner (Paul LeMat) was killed by a drunken driver in December, 1964;
Terry Fields (Charlie Martin Smith) was reported missing in action near An Loc in December, 1965;
Steve Bolander (Ronny Howard) is an insurance agent in Modesto, California;
Curt Henderson (Richard Dreyfuss) is a writer living in Canada.
Only Roger Corman was billed as director for The Terror, but several uncredited “assistants” helped out. Francis Ford Coppola, Monte Hellman, Jack Hill, Dennis Jacob, and Jack Nicholson assisted with directing the 1963 movie.
No, the films of silent film director John Waters were not anything like those of his present-day namesake. Silent film director John Waters was responsible for formula Westerns like Nevada (1927), starring Gary Cooper and Thelma Todd. Present-day cult movie director John Waters is responsible for offbeat works like Pink Flamingos (1972) and Hairspray (1988).
John Wayne got the nickname “Duke” because he had a dog named “Duke” as a child. To distinguish them, the dog was known as “Big Duke” and Wayne as “Little Duke.”
The sun sets in the east in the closing moments of the movie The Green Berets (1968).
The Motion Picture Association of America started the Code and Rating Administration Board in 1968.
Director John Ford’s (1895-1973) real name was Sean Aloysius O’Feeney.