Thomas Waites and Deborah Van Valkenburgh were supposed to get together in the movie, but Deborah and Michael Beck worked better. Waites was also argueing with Walter Hill and Larry Gordon, which ending up with his character being killed half way during the film.

"I have this Nightmare. I'm on 5th avenue watching the St. Patrick's Day parade and I have a coronary and nine thousand cops march happily over my body." Chief Sidney Green