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Trivia: In the original script, instead of all dying together in the infamous scene during the opening of the Ark, Belloq, Toht and Dietrich were to die at different points in the film: Toht was to die together with Gobler during the truck chase, Belloq would die during the opening of the Ark (which was shorter), and Dietrich was to die in the mine cart chase through Geheimhaven that took place after the closing of the Ark and was cut from the film.

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Trivia: Henry Daniell, who plays Sir Anthony Lloyd, played several characters in the Basil Rathbone saga, including Professor Moriarty.

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Trivia: Before getting the role of Walter Donovan, Julian Glover had auditioned to play Colonel Vogel.

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Trivia: For the Berlin scene, Spielberg told the extras that every time they had to do the Nazi salute with their right hand, they could cross the fingers of their left hand behind their back to steady themselves.

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Trivia: Some characters in this film had other names during its development, before retaining the ones that appeared in the film. Some of these names were: - Rene Belloq's original name was Victor Lovar. - Toht's was Belzig. - Dietrich's was Schliemann. - the Imam's was Amir. Several characters were also deleted, such as Eric Davona, Calvin Stansbury, Tengtu Hok, Bang Chow, Buzz Kehoe, Stanton, Abu (not the Imam's apprentice), Jules Spencer and Petrovich.

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Trivia: The main ghost was played by receptionist Greta Hicks, made up and dressed in a white robe. She was suspended with wires and filmed flying away from the camera. The footage was reversed for the film (this can be spotted in the ghost's hair). For the Angel of Death, a life-size skeletal dummy dressed as Greta was filmed and superimposed on the film.

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Trivia: Lionel Atwill, who plays Professor James Moriarty, had already played Dr. James Mortimer in the 1939 movie "The Hound of the Baskervilles," with Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce.

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