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Chisum (1970) More at IMDbPro »

• While in production on this film in Mexico, John Wayne won the Golden Globe and found out he was nominated for the Oscar for True Grit (1969).
  
  
• Although they met some time earlier Christopher George and Lynda Day George fell in love and later married after working on this project.
  
  
• Both Ralph Volkie and Trinidad Villa are credited as the blacksmith in various reference works.
  
  
• The Zoom in and zoom out sequences of Chisum sitting on his horse on the hillside at the beginning and end of the movie are the same footage. The original shot was the zoom out used at the end. That was reversed to produce the zoom in used at the beginning.
  
  
• When Chisum and Sally are talking on the porch, Chisum opens up a pocket watch to see what time it is and Sally remarks that the picture of a man and a woman inside the watch's cover are her parents (Chisum's brother and sister-in-law). The man in the photograph is actually producer Andrew J. Fenady.
  
  
• The Chisum Ranch house in this film is the exact house used in "Big Jake", a John Wayne film that was made a year later. Note the scenery around the ranch.
  
  
• John Wayne was very disappointed that his stunt double was so obvious in the final fight with Forrest Tucker.
  
  
• Although clearly labeled as the older man, at 57 Patric Knowles was actually five years younger than John Wayne.
  
  
• Finnish censorship certificate # 78758 delivered on 5-8-1970.
  
  
• Final film of Abraham Sofaer.
  
  
• Ray Teal's final movie.
  
  

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