Dennis Franz based his portrayal of Rubin the Director on Brian De Palma.

The Indian had used an auger bit to open the victim's safe, and eventually to kill her. An auger bit was used because of its aggressive look, but would have no effect on a steel safe. They are for wood.

In Germany, while it was originally released uncut in theaters with a "Not under 18" rating, due to Columbia/TriStar targeting a "Not under 16" rating for home video release, the German VHS release was cut by approx. 55 seconds to secure such rating. The censorship mainly toned down the violence in a couple of death scenes. The 2000 DVD release with the "Not under 18" rating is completely uncensored and also in 2021 the FSK re-rated the uncut version to "Not under 16", waiving all previous cuts.

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