Trivia / Murder at 1600

• Dueling Movies: With Absolute Power (1997), another movie involving murder and the President of the United States.
• Playing Against Type: Alan Alda, known for his affable roles such as Captain Hawkeye Pierce in M*A*S*H, is the treacherous villain Jordan, with Ronny Cox, who gets typecast as villains, as the noble President.
• What Could Have Been: IMDb claims that Bruce Willis was originally planned for Regis, which could have made the scene where he is sneaking into the White House disguised as a custodian and gets spotted by his filthy boots a nice Actor Allusion to the elevator scene in Die Hard with a Vengeance where he spots the crooks, in part, because of their inappropriate footwear.

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