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Insurance Fraud | Theft
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Best Written American Comedy | 1967
Budget 6,400,000 USD
Box Office Collection 4,400,000 USD
Walter Matthau was the first choice for the Eli Wallach part but was looking for $200,000, so they went with the less expensive George C. Scott. Scott had been on the set a few weeks before shooting began. However on his first day of shooting, he didn't turn up until after lunch, and director William Wyler made the decision to fire him. He already was finding it difficult to handle two heavy drinkers, Peter O'Toole and Hugh Griffith, and the prospect of a third one was just too overwhelming. On hearing of Scott's removal from the production, Audrey Hepburn became quite inconsolable.
During production, Hugh Griffith was fired for persistent bad behavior, including walking around naked through the corridors of the George V Hotel holding a "Do no disturb" sign over his privates, which he'd altered to read "Do disturb".
After Nicole dresses up as a cleaning lady, Simon Dermott says, "That does it. For one thing, it gives Givenchy a night off." Hubert de Givenchy was Audrey Hepburn's costume designer.
George C. Scott was originally cast as Leland, but he was fired by William Wyler when he showed up late on his first day of work. He was replaced by Eli Wallach.
While Nicole and Simon are hiding in the closet, a guard (Moustache) making his rounds stops by the closet and inserts a key into a round device hanging from his neck. The device is a watchclock. Specific keys are placed at various guard stations so when the guard inserts the key into his watchclock it records the time he reported to that station.
"[Nicole describes the burglar to her Papa] Nicole Bonnet: Well, it was pitch dark and there he was. Tall, blue eyes, slim, quite good-looking... in a brutal, mean way, Papa. A terrible man!"
"Nicole Bonnet: Your arm is much better. Simon Dermott: Oh no no, it hurts, it hurts. Nicole Bonnet: It's the other arm. Simon Dermott: The infection is spreading."
