* AwardSnub: The cast received UsefulNotes/AcademyAward nominations, except Creator/JohnCusack for Best Actor.
* FridgeBrilliance: Cheech says he loved to watch George Raft dance. Like Creator/JamesCagney, Raft was known as a song and dance man who also played tough gangsters.
* OneSceneWonder: Sid Loomis, played by Harvey Fierstein.
-->'''Sid:''' The monkey glands are working.
* RetroactiveRecognition: Paul Cirico plays one of Valenti's goons. He'd later play Paulie Walnuts in ''Series/TheSopranos''. Coincidentally in the stage version of the film, Valenti was played by Vincent Pastore, best known for playing "Big Pussy" Bompensero in the same series.
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