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* BoxOfficeBomb: Budget, $7,115,000. Box office, $8,000,000. According to Fox records the film required $12,425,000 in rentals to break even but by December 11th, 1970 the film had made only $8,775,000 which resulted in a loss for the studio.
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* BoxOfficeBomb: Budget, $7,115,000. Box office, $8,000,000. According to Fox records the film required $12,425,000 in rentals to break even but by December 11th, 11, 1970 the film had made only $8,775,000 which resulted in a loss for the studio.
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* CreatorBacklash: Rock Hudson admitted in a 1980 interview that he thought the movie was "crap", and attributed its box-office success only to the fact that it immediately followed ''Film/TrueGrit''. However, he had fond memories of the filming because he became a close friend of John Wayne and Roman Gabriel.
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* CreatorBacklash: Rock Hudson admitted in a 1980 interview that he thought the movie was "crap", and attributed its box-office success good reception only to the fact that it immediately followed ''Film/TrueGrit''.John Wayne's previous film ''Film/TrueGrit'', which was a smash success. However, he had fond memories of the filming because he became a close friend of John Wayne and Roman Gabriel.
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* BoxOfficeBomb: Budget, $7,115,000. Box office, $8,000,000. According to Fox records the film required $12,425,000 in rentals to break even but by December 11th, 1970 the film had made only $8,775,000 which resulted in a loss for the studio.
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* ChannelHop: Creator/WarnerBros originally bought the rights to make the film in 1961 for Henry King to direct.
* TheDanza: Creator/JohnWayne as Col. John Henry Thomas.
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
** Director Andrew V. [=McLaglen's=] first choice for the role of Col. James Langdon was James Arness, who was willing to do it, but backed out just before shooting began. Rock Hudson was brought in as his replacement.
** Creator/WarnerBros originally bought the rights to make the film in 1961 for Henry King to direct.
** Director Andrew V. [=McLaglen's=] first choice for the role of Col. James Langdon was James Arness, who was willing to do it, but backed out just before shooting began. Rock Hudson was brought in as his replacement.
** Creator/WarnerBros originally bought the rights to make the film in 1961 for Henry King to direct.
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
** Director Andrew V. [=McLaglen's=] first choice forUncreditedRole: The original script was by Stanley Hough and Casey Robinson, neither of whom are credited in the role of Col. James Langdon was James Arness, who was willing to do it, but backed out just before shooting began. Rock Hudson was brought in as his replacement.
** Creator/WarnerBros originally bought the rights to make the film in 1961 for Henry King to direct.final film.
** Director Andrew V. [=McLaglen's=] first choice for
** Creator/WarnerBros originally bought the rights to make the film in 1961 for Henry King to direct.
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** In Portuguese, the film is known in Portugal as ''Nunca Foram Vencidos'' and in Brazil as ''Jamais Foram Vencidos'', both meaning "(They) Never Were Defeated."
** In France it was known as ''Les géants de l'Ouest'' ("The Giants of the West"). One has to wonder if it was an ActorAllusion to one of Creator/RockHudson's previous movies, ''Film/{{Giant}}''.
** In Italy it was known as ''I due invincibili'' ("The Two Invincibles").
** In Spanish, it was known in Spain as ''Los indestructibles'' ("The Indestructibles") and in Latin America as ''Los invencibles'' ("The Invincibles").
** In Portuguese, the film is known in Portugal as ''Nunca Foram Vencidos'' and in Brazil as ''Jamais Foram Vencidos'', both meaning "(They) Never Were Defeated."
** In France it was known as ''Les géants de l'Ouest'' ("The Giants of the West"). One has to wonder if it was an ActorAllusion to one of Creator/RockHudson's previous movies, ''Film/{{Giant}}''.
** In Italy it was known as ''I due invincibili'' ("The Two Invincibles").
** In Spanish, it was known in Spain as ''Los indestructibles'' ("The Indestructibles") and in Latin America as ''Los invencibles'' ("The Invincibles").
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* DuelingStarsMovie: Creator/JohnWayne vs. Creator/RockHudson. And given the film's plot, sometimes they are literally dueling onscreen.
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* AwesomeDearBoy: Creator/JohnWayne helped cast Creator/RockHudson, as Wayne had previously wanted to star alongside Hudson in ''Film/{{The Alamo|1960}}''.
* CreatorBacklash: Rock Hudson admitted in a 1980 interview that he thought the movie was "crap", and attributed its box-office success only to the fact that it immediately followed ''Film/TrueGrit''. However, he had fond memories of the filming because he became a close friend of John Wayne and Roman Gabriel.
* DyeingForYourArt: Before filming began, John Wayne had to lose most of the weight he had put on in order to play Rooster Cogburn in ''Film/TrueGrit''.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
** Director Andrew V. [=McLaglen's=] first choice for the role of Col. James Langdon was James Arness, who was willing to do it, but backed out just before shooting began. Rock Hudson was brought in as his replacement.
** Creator/WarnerBros originally bought the rights to make the film in 1961 for Henry King to direct.
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* CreatorBacklash: Rock Hudson admitted in a 1980 interview that he thought the movie was "crap", and attributed its box-office success only to the fact that it immediately followed ''Film/TrueGrit''. However, he had fond memories of the filming because he became a close friend of John Wayne and Roman Gabriel.
* DyeingForYourArt: Before filming began, John Wayne had to lose most of the weight he had put on in order to play Rooster Cogburn in ''Film/TrueGrit''.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
** Director Andrew V. [=McLaglen's=] first choice for the role of Col. James Langdon was James Arness, who was willing to do it, but backed out just before shooting began. Rock Hudson was brought in as his replacement.
** Creator/WarnerBros originally bought the rights to make the film in 1961 for Henry King to direct.
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