Prime Cut - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts

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[ella]

Janit Baldwin's feature film debut.

[lonnie]

The story implies a hard connection in organized crime between Chicago and Kansas City. Over a decade later, Kansas City mobsters figured large in the takedown of the Las Vegas Stardust Casino and illegal "skim" as the money went to Kansas City and on to Chicago.

[janice]

Gene Hackman accepted the secondary role of "Mary Ann" because it was his first offer of work after being unemployed for nearly six months since the end of filming on The French Connection (1971).

[morris]

The submachine gun used by Nick Devlin in the last part of the film is the now rare Smith & Wesson model 76, a near copy of the Swedish M/45. It was produced in very small numbers in the late 1960s, and was eventually discontinued due to lack of interest in such a weapon by military and law enforcement agencies. In US service it was largely known as the "Swedish-K" or "K-Rifle. It was used by US special service4s (like Navy SEALS and CIA operatives) during the Vietnam war.

[albert]

Lee Marvin had a serious feud with director Michael Ritchie, because Ritchie wanted him to have love scenes with the too young actress Sissy Spacek. Marvin hated Ritchie for this lack of respect for Spacek.

[jeffrey]

All of the "orphan girls" are named after flowers.

[darrell]

Sissy Spacek's feature film debut.

[nina]

The hinted gay relationship between the two brothers was considered groundbreaking at the time.

[kenzi]

The film cast includes three Oscar winners: Lee Marvin, Gene Hackman and Sissy Spacek.

[gerald]

Eddie Egan had appeared with Gene Hackman in "The French Connection" the previous year.