Directed by: Billy Wilder
Starring: Jack Lemmon, Tony Curtis, Marilyn Monroe, George Raft
Factual error: In the shot where the female band members run from their hotel (in Florida) to the beach, mountains can be seen in the background.
Factual error: The head gangster at the convention is wearing a 1950s-era hearing aid around his neck. They didn't have anything that small in 1929.
Continuity mistake: It is supposed to be night when Joe slips out of the hotel, but a daytime sky is visible.
Mulligan: You shave with your spats on?
Spats Colombo: I sleep with my spats on.
Trivia: Monroe wanted the film to be shot in colour (her contract stipulated that all her films were to be in colour), but Wilder convinced her to let it be shot in black and white when costume tests revealed that the makeup that Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon wore gave their faces a green tinge.
Question: I'm sure I have seen this film in colour. Does anyone know if it has ever been shown in colour?
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Chosen answer: I've seen it colorized several times on TNT and FMC.
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