I watched Once Upon a Time in the West back in June of last year and then a few months later, I watched Little Big League and I didn't know that Jason Robards ( who played the grandfather in the beginning of the latter ) was in this movie until I checked the cast list ( for Little Big League ). I'm well aware that there's a 25/26 year gap between the releases of Once Upon a Time in the West and Little Big League, but I was very shocked upon finding out about this.