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Box Office Collection 16,000,000 USD
During the UK 'video nasty' scare of the 1980's anti-censorship journalist Liam T. Sanford wrote a false letter petitioning against this film to the Police Watch Committee, claiming the movie to be 'sick and horrific', in an attempt to discredit local police forces and expose their lack of film knowledge. Sure enough the film was briefly seized by officers from video retailers before being hastily returned to the shelves.
Co-story writer Jimmy Sangster had originally planned for this to be a more serious addition to the horror genre to be made for Hammer studio in England. The movie was intended to star Vincent Price starring and the title would have been "The Fairytale Man".
The first scenes which depict hell are taken from Disney's recent picture The Black Hole (1979). The image of Max Devlin (Elliott Gould)'s falling body was added to the fire-red backdrop that includes marching slaves in dark hooded cloaks.
During post-production, Elliott Gould complained about having to loop dialogue on ADR machines that were almost 40 years out of date compared to other major studios.
Bill Cosby took the role of Barney Satin after the studio had made several unsuccessful attempts to cast him in earlier projects and despite his wife's objections to the idea of him playing the Devil. He believed it would be a step forward for a black actor to play a role usually played by white actors.
"Max Devlin: [referring to Toby's sudden hostility] Some swell marriage we're gonna have! If he hates me, he'll be impossible to live with. Barney Satin: You don't have to worry about that. The slightest hint to Agent Hargraves and it's all over. You gonna synchronize your watch? Max Devlin: They all signed. I'm free! Aren't I? Barney Satin: Yes, you are, but by midnight, they belong to me. Max Devlin: Not until the natural end of their lives. That's what you said. Barney Satin: Point of fact: I lied. I need them now. Max Devlin: Oh, no! Barney, please! I couldn't have done it if I'd known that! He's a great kid. They're all great kids, but that kid, kill him and you kill her! Barney Satin: Unfortunately, her soul does not belong to me. You win some, you lose some. But then again, you have your precious life."
"Mr. Billings: The air conditioning's on the fritz and it's hotter than Hell up here! Barney Satin: [to Max] Ha! He doesn't know how hot it is."
