- Hostility on the Set: Al Pacino and Gene Hackman didn't get on due to their different personalities. According to director Jerry Schatzberg, Hackman was hard to work with and argued with everyone on the set including his brother, Richard Hackman, who was working as his stand-in. To get back at Gene, Schatzberg gave Richard a part in the film. But Gene ended up being delighted that his brother was in the film.
- Magnum Opus Dissonance: The film isn't that well known, yet both stars rank it among their favourites.
- Method Acting: Before shooting, Gene Hackman and Al Pacino both dressed as hobos and hitchhiked through California to get into their characters.
- Mid-Development Genre Shift: The script was originally more comedic with bits of physical humor. But Schatzberg reworked the script to make it more dramatic and darkly humorous.
- Throw It In!: Gene Hackman's line to the waitress, "Is this your first day?", was an ad-lib. Hackman was genuinely annoyed with the actress.
- What Could Have Been: Jack Lemmon and Bill Cosby were originally attached to star.
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