Trivia

Tommy Lee Jones bagged the lead role playing Howard Hughes for US $25,000 when Warren Beatty turned down a US $1 million offer. Beatty later produced and starred in his own Howard Hughes biopic picture which was Rules Don't Apply (2016).

Warren Beatty turned down an offer of US $1 million to play Howard Hughes in the television mini-series (and later tele-movie) The Amazing Howard Hughes (1977) thus enabling Tommy Lee Jones to star as the character. This was one of Jones' early break through roles because of this.

One of a handful of dramatic feature films about Howard Hughes. These include: The Aviator (2004), Rules Don't Apply (2016), The Hoax (2006), Melvin and Howard (1980), Hughes and Harlow: Angels in Hell (1977) and The Amazing Howard Hughes (1977).

The film shows how germ-oriented Howard Hughes was. Every element of his surroundings were antiseptic and hygienic. However, his concern for germs and diseases didn't keep him from cavorting and bedding various women throughout his life. Many of the women were not virgins and some had been previously married, like Katharine Hepburn and Billie Dove.

Both The Amazing Howard Hughes (1977) and Hughes and Harlow: Angels in Hell (1977), two biopics about Howard Hughes, first premiered in the year 1977. Melvin and Howard (1980), which also featured Hughes as a character, followed a few years later.

Susan Buckner: As Jean Harlow.