Inglorious Bastards movie references guide

From The Quentin Tarantino Archives

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• The name Aldo Raine is a homage to one of QTs favorite actors: Aldo Ray. The last name "Raine" is most likely a homage to the character Major Charles Rane from one of QTs favorite revenge films Rolling Thunder.

• The character Hugo Stiglitz is an homage to a real actor of the same name.

• the title is taken from the 1977 Italian war movie Quel Maledetto Treno Blindato aka Inglorious Bastards

• other "men on a mission" World War II movies like The Guns of Navarone, Where Eagles Dare, The Dirty Dozen, Five For Hell and Battle Squadron have had an impact on Tarantino.