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Soldier in the Rain (1963) Facts
| Director(s) | Ralph Nelson |
| Producer(s) | Blake Edwards, Martin Jurow, Dick Crockett |
| Featured Cast | Jackie Gleason, Steve McQueen, Tuesday Weld, Ed Nelson, Paul Hartman |
| Total Facts | 2 |
Jackie Gleason released a version of the title music as a single on Capitol in early 1964, with another Henry Mancini composition, Bird Brain, as the b-side. This puts Soldier in the Rain in the same category as Thunder Road and Because They're Young: movies which had a version of the theme song performed by a member of the cast and released as a single, while that version wasn't the one used in the movie.
In the beginning Eustis Clay is seen admiring a parked sports car. It is a 1962 or early 1963 Shelby AC Cobra, one of the first cars Caroll Shelby made, and extremely valuable.