Charade - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts

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[terry]

During the dance game in the nightclub, Audrey Hepburn's husband, Mel Ferrer, can be seen briefly in the background, smoking a cigarette.

[caroline]

Three of the actors appearing in this film would go on to win the Best Supporting Actor Oscar: Walter Matthau for "The Fortune Cookie" (1966), George Kennedy for "Cool Hand Luke" (1967), and James Coburn for "Affliction" (1998).

[ivan]

It was agreed Cary Grant would keep all of his clothes on when he took a shower, as he was nearly sixty and slightly overweight. However, they then decided the scene was funnier that way.

[claude]

Peter Joshua (Cary Grant) quotes a line from My Fair Lady (1964) ("On the street where you live"). The film version starred Audrey Hepburn the following year, and Grant was offered male lead.

[scarlett]

The gag about the spot on Batholomew's tie suggests that he was the villain all along, the stain on his tie being a giveaway for being dirty or corrupt.

[charlie]

In the opening scene, Reggie asks her friend if her son can do something constructive. The actor who played the son, Thomas Chelimsky, apparently took this advice to heart, because he is now a successful doctor in Wisconsin.

[nina]

There is a scene set at the Punch and Judy puppet show in Champ de Mars, which is also shown briefly in the opening credits sequence of Audrey Hepburn's previously filmed but later released Paris When It Sizzles (1964).