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Trivia: No one ever says "Play it again, Sam."

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Trivia: The final scene took 74 takes.

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Trivia: Each one of Sean Connery's specially tailored suits cost approximately $2,000.

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Trivia: The budget was two million dollars.

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Trivia: Robby the Robot currently resides in the private collection of director William Malone.

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Trivia: The first major Hollywood film with no written credits appearing onscreen at the start.

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Trivia: The monorail had been built in France in 1959 as a test track.

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Trivia: François Truffaut's first film in color.

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Trivia: Peter Fonda was an experienced motorcycle rider.

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Trivia: There was no full script - much of the dialogue was just made up on the spot.

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Trivia: Even though Sterling Hayden plays a paranoid man who fears communists, he was himself an American Communist Party member.

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Trivia: Based on a true story, the real robbers got $213,000 in the robbery.

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Trivia: Al Pacino's shouting to the crowd of "Attica! Attica!" was improvised.

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Trivia: Willard Whyte was based on Howard Hughes.

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Trivia: Musician Paul Williams was originally cast as Mr. Wint, but they couldn't agree on how much he should be paid.

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Trivia: The show's characters mirrored their real lives: Lucille Ball was born in West Jamestown, New York. Desi Arnaz was from Cuba, and both led their own Latin America bands. Vivian Vance was from Albuquerque, New Mexico. William Frawley was a huge Yankees fan.

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Trivia: Mary Jane Croft played 3 different characters: Betty Ramsey, Evelyn Bigsby and Cynthia Harcourt.

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Trivia: The Sid Caesar blowtorch scene was done 85 times before they got it right.

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Trivia: Only one of the 4 palm trees that make up the "W" still remain.

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Trivia: About 80 stunt performers worked on this film.

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