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World War Ii | Burma
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Steve McQueen's role was originally going to be played by Sammy Davis Jr.. A feud had broken out between Davis and Frank Sinatra after Davis had claimed in a radio interview that he was a greater singer than Sinatra. Sinatra demanded he be dropped from the cast, and McQueen got the part.
This movie is based on the real-life story of World War II's OSS Detachment 101. This was an OSS Operations Group designed to specialize in activities in the China-Burma-India region in collaboration with the Kachin Rangers and other Allied special operations units.
His brief role as a soldier in the hospital marked the film debut of Mako.
The airplane taxiing on the airfield in the movie is an actual WW II Japanese Nakajima KI-84 "Hayate" (code named 'Frank'), and was the equal of any allied fighter plane at the time. This aircraft is now on display at the Chiran Peace Museum for Kamikaze Pilots in Kagoshima Japan, and is the only surviving example of this type.
MGM producer Sol Siegel imposed a happy ending on Sturges who wanted to let Frank Sinatra's character die.
"Carla Vesari: If I stay with you, Nikko, it won't be because I'm afraid of you. Nikko Regas: In this day and age, my dear, fear is a very good basis for a relationship."
"Capt. Danny De Mortimer: [down with cerebral malaria] I feel like an old serial. When does the train run over me? Capt. Tom Reynolds: [tending him] Shut up."
