Best drama movie trivia of 1959

Trivia: Although Martha Scott plays Charlton Heston's mother in this film, she was only ten years his senior.

Trivia: Not a mistake, just a fact. According to I.A.L. Diamond,Tony Curtis' "Josephine" voice was dubbed by another actor, as Curtis couldn't speak high enough.

Trivia: Ava Gardner was not impressed with Melbourne which she regarded as a sleepy little backwater, but her supposed quote that it was "the perfect place to make a film about the end of the world." was a journalistic invention by a sub-editor on the Sydney Morning Herald.

Trivia: Robert Vaughn received his only Academy Award nomination for his role as Chester A. Gwynn in this movie.

Trivia: Hermione Baddeley's performance in this film is the shortest ever to be nominated for an Academy Award. She had only 2 minutes and 20 seconds of screen time.

Trivia: Anthony Quinn plays Craig Belden, the father of Rick (Earl Holliman). In real life, Quinn was only 13 years older than Holliman.

Trivia: Sarah Jane is supposed to be a light-skinned African-American who "passes for white," but, ironically, the actress who plays her is the daughter of a Caucasian father and a Hispanic mother.

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Trivia: The script was specifically written to be set almost entirely in the same locations from the original "The Fly," as the studio wanted to get more use out of the sets before they were scrapped.

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