Wissenswertes

Brian De Palma cast Danny DeVito and Joe Piscopo because he had loved Johnny G. - Gangster wider Willen (1984). De Palma reportedly laughed hysterically throughout an advance screening of the film.

The casino in Atlantic City was also used as a location in Martin Scorsese's The Color of Money (1986).

Rare comedy from director Brian De Palma, and first fully directed by him since Hilfe, ich habe Erfolg! (1972). Other De Palma comedies are mostly from his early work, and include Greetings - Grüße (1968), Hi, Mom! (1970), the co-directed student film Home Movies - Wie du mir, so ich dir (1979), The Wedding Party (1969), and Fegefeuer der Eitelkeiten (1990).

According to Hollywood columnist Peter Bart, United Artists personally screened a rough cut for Billy Wilder, at the request of studio head Jerry Weintraub. After the screening, Weintraub asked Wilder how he liked the film, and if he could offer any suggestions to Brian De Palma about how to make the film even better. Wilder's reply was: "It's a piece of shit! I can tell you how to make it less of a piece of shit, but it would still be a piece of shit!"

The make and model of the pink Cadillac was a 1959 Cadillac Series 62 Convertible.