20 Things You Didn't Know About Inglourious Basterds
15. A Hollywood Star's Swansong
Everyone would have recognised Winston Churchill in the Operation Kino briefing - he sits far to the back of the room, aloof and distracting as Mike Myers' General Ed Fenech explains the plan to Michael Fassbender's Archie Hicox.
You'll recognise the Prime Minister but did you know that he is played by none other than Hollywood veteran Rod Taylor, whom you may remember from such classics as The Birds, The Time Machine and 101 Dalmatians.
Taylor had been in retirement for years and when Tarantino offered him the role, apparently he suggested Albert Finney as a better choice. QT insisted and Taylor accepted the role - it was to be his last.