Trivia / Deadfall

• Box Office Bomb: Budget, $3.4 million. Box office, $18,369. Its gross came from a whopping two theaters.
• Creator Killer: While he hasn't stopped directing after this film, between this and the same year's Gunfight at Red Dog Corral, it would be six years before Christopher Coppola (brother of star Nicolas Cage) would direct another film, and even then his output since has been very scarce.
• Playing Their Own Twin: James Coburn as Mike and Lou Dolan.
• What Could Have Been:
  • Val Kilmer and Joanne Whalley were initially cast as Joe and Diane, but pulled out at the last minute before shooting.
  • Cary Elwes and Tom Waits were offered the part of Morgan "Fats" Gripp before Charlie Sheen came aboard.

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