Steve McQueen and James Garner became friends on this movie. They bonded over their love of cars.
The Hand - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
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One of Sir Michael Caine's notorious "paycheck movies", alongside Ashanti (1979), The Swarm (1978), Jaws: The Revenge (1987), The Island (1980), Blame It on Rio (1984), and Beyond the Poseidon Adventure (1979).
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The name of the famous comic strip that Jonathan Lansdale (Sir Michael Caine) wrote and designed was "Mandro", a name similar to the real-life one called "Mandrake". The "Mandro" character in the strip is a character somewhat like Prince Valiant and Conan the Barbarian. Oliver Stone co-wrote Conan the Barbarian (1982).
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This movie was released one year after its source novel, "The Lizard's Tail" by Marc Brandel, was published.
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The "Mandro" comic strip artwork seen in this movie was drawn and designed by real-life Marvel Comics artist Barry Windsor-Smith of "Conan the Barbarian" fame. Oliver Stone co-wrote Conan the Barbarian (1982).
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Oliver Stone's first feature film in seven years. His last had been Seizure (1974).
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Apparently, after this movie, Writer and Director Oliver Stone and Sir Michael Caine became good friends, though Caine has never appeared in any of Stone's movies since this one.
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Sir Michael Caine said in a television interview that the only reason he did this movie was to earn enough money to put a down payment on a new garage he was having built.
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Oliver Stone: As a bum.
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One of two 1981 movies in which Sir Michael Caine starred. The other being Victory (1981).
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One of six scores composed by James Horner for movies released in 1981. Two of the others from 1981 were also for horror movies, they being Wolfen (1981) and Deadly Blessing (1981).
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The production shoot for this movie ran for fifty days.
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Writer and Director Oliver Stone once said of the many hands used for the movie: "We had a crawling hand, a walking hand, a strangling hand. Each did something entirely different. They were really quite exciting."
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Annie McEnroe and Producer Edward R. Pressman met while working on this movie, and were later married.
The Hand - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
The Hand - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
The Hand - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
The Hand - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
The Hand - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
The Hand - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
The Hand - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
The Hand - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
The Hand - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
The Hand - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
The Hand - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
The Hand - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
The Hand - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
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