The film stars Michael Biehn, Coppola's brother Nicolas Cage, Sarah Trigger, Charlie Sheen, James Coburn, and Peter Fonda.

It is also the prime influence on the song "Deadfall" written by the American hardcore punk band Snot.

After the con goes wrong and Uncle Lou gets shot, Joe flees with the money but runs into his father, alive and well.

Enraged, Joe fires his gun at Mike, not knowing whether the bullets inside were blanks or real.

Christopher Coppola accused him of breaking his contract and leaving because he was offered $1 million for the other project.

[1] It is claimed that the initial underspend was actually supposed to go to Christopher Coppola but he put it back into the production and didn't get a single cent.