Ricky Jay plays a professional gambler and card shark who is an expert at manipulating a deck of cards. In real-life, Ricky Jay is a professional magician who specializes in card tricks.
Montana towns mentioned in the movie and their approximate population in 1919 (the era of this movie): Hamilton - 1,700, Darby - 310, Missoula - 12,700, Butte - 41,400.
The $7.20 each crew member gets would be the equivalent of about $123.00 in the year 2022.
Elisabeth Rosen's debut.
When Bill (Sam Elliott) is counting his cribbage hand, he is counting only 3 cards, 2 8s and a 7. There would have been 2 other cards because there are 4 cards in the hand and the turn up card. This would make the odds for a higher count a lot better.