Brian De Palma cast Danny DeVito and Joe Piscopo because he had loved Johnny Dangerously (1984). De Palma reportedly laughed hysterically throughout an advance screening of the film.
The casino in Atlantic City was also used as a location in Martin Scorsese's The Color of Money (1986).
Rare comedy from director Brian De Palma, and first fully directed by him since Get to Know Your Rabbit (1972). Other De Palma comedies are mostly from his early work, and include Greetings (1968), Hi, Mom! (1970), the co-directed student film Home Movies (1979), The Wedding Party (1969), and The Bonfire of the Vanities (1990).
The make and model of the pink Cadillac was a 1959 Cadillac Series 62 Convertible.
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