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Budget 25,000,000 USD
Box Office Collection 38,348,988 USD
Burt Reynolds suffered a serious accident and had his jaw broken when he was hit in the face with a metal chair while filming a fight scene on this movie. Reynolds was restricted to a liquid diet and lost over thirty pounds by the time this movie wrapped. The accident had dire consequences for Reynolds' next movie project, "Stick (1985)." In that movie, Reynolds looked underweight, weak, and thin, and this condition was because of this accident. Apparently, the accident led to Reynolds becoming addicted to painkillers.
In the late 1950s (twenty-five years before they starred together in this movie), Clint Eastwood and Burt Reynolds were contract players at "Universal Pictures." They were both fired on the same day, by the same director. Eastwood was fired because the director didn't want to use him because (reports vary) his Adam's Apple was too big and/or he had a visible wart on his upper lip. Reynolds was fired after pushing the director into a water tank in an argument over how to do a fall stunt.
When this movie was made and released, its stars, Burt Reynolds and Clint Eastwood, were two of the biggest box-office stars in the world. This movie is notable for their star-teaming here. Eastwood only agreed to do this movie under the agreement that he would be paid more than Reynolds, and that his name would appear first in the credits.
Burt Reynolds had initially suggested Richard Kiel, his longtime friend and co-star from "The Longest Yard (1974)" and "Cannonball Run II (1984)," for the part as the villainous thug Troy Roker. But Clint Eastwood refused because he had the intention to use Kiel in his next movie, "Pale Rider (1985)."
According to Burt Reynolds in his memoir, Clint Eastwood actually orchestrated the removal of Blake Edwards by goading him into quitting, in favor of Richard Benjamin, a less intense and less expensive director.
"Mike Murphy: [Speer has silently entered Murphy's office] I didn't hear you knock, Lieutenant. Lt. Speer: What a relief. I thought I must be going deaf."
"Mike Murphy: [the phone rings again after Murphy hangs up on his girlfriend, but Murphy makes the mistake in thinking it is his girlfriend calling him again] Ok, I'll come over and buff your body and put a nice glow to your cheeks. Lt. Speer: And I'll bring a nice foot to your ass."
