Richard Lynch was originally considered to play Roscoe, but Joe Spinell lobbied hard to secure the lead role of Roscoe in the film.
Various crew members play small roles in the movie.
Joe Spinell shot a ten minute audition tape with his then girlfriend Linda Ipanema as a means of persuading the producers to cast him as Roscoe.
Director Franco De Stefanino is actually a pseudonym for the following four people: Screenwriter William James Kennedy, cinematographer Richard E. Brooks, and producers Steve Bono and Frank Avianca, who all had a hand in directing this film.