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* [[Cast the Expert]]: Harold Russell, a man who had lost both hands in [[World War II]], was cast as a man who had lost both hands in [[World War II]]. He did such a good job he won an Oscar (plus a second honorary Oscar), despite never having acted before.
* [[Dawson Casting]]: Dana Andrews was 36 when he made this film, clearly playing someone in his mid-twenties. Also see [[Playing Gertrude]] in the main section.
* [[Disabled Character, Disabled Actor]]: Harold Russell, a drill sergeant during the war, lost his hands in a training accident involving a defective bomb. He did such a good job in the role of Homer Parrish he won an Oscar (plus a second honorary Oscar), despite never having acted before.
* [[Reality Subtext]]: The man Fred punches out at the drugstore is based on a man [[William Wyler]] had an argument with when he came home from the war.
* [[Throw It In]]: Harold Russell, a real life veteran who never acted before, flubbed his lines during his character's wedding scene. William Wyler left it in, considering it natural.
* [[What Could Have Been]]: Homer's disability was originally written as post-traumatic stress disorder, with frequent panic attacks, before [[William Wyler]] decided to cast Harold Russell, a real-life veteran who lost both his hands in the war, and the part was rewritten accordingly.
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