Although the film was released in mid-1946, it was actually filmed mostly in the fall of 1944 (about six months before Bacall and Bogart were married).To facilitate their escape, Caesar made a PA announcement to all keepers and handlers: "There""s $50,000 worth of apes in jeopardy.If you""d lived in Salem a hundred years ago, they""d have burned you." BackgroundWinchester ""73(1950) was the first of five westerns from 1950-1955 (and he only one in black/white) teaming James Stewart with director Anthony Mann." With blood running down his face, an almost comatose Krendler was wheeled into the kitchen, where Clarice vainly attacked Lecter with a heavy silver candlestick.Film Notables (Awards, Facts, etc.)With a production budget of $54 million, and box-office gross receipts of $108 million (domestic).Warner Bros.released the film in Europe at the end of 1980, but waited about seven months later to release it in the summer of 1981 in the US.