The War Lover

Warren Beatty turned down the role of Rickson, possibly because he had recently caused the divorce between Natalie Wood and Robert Wagner, and the two men were not on speaking terms.

The scene where it is mentioned that "The Body" is to carry eight 1000-pound bombs on a mission to Kiel is erroneous: On any mission to a target lying further than about 200 miles, the practical bomb load of a Flying Fortress was limited to some 4000-5000 pounds of internal ordnance due to its relatively small bomb-bay, and this was rarely exceeded. The B-17 was, in fact, capable of carrying more weight, but only externally under the wings, which created significant additional drag, thus reducing both flight performance and range. Thus a bomb load of eight 500-pounders would have been far better in accordance with historical fact.