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  • Alan Smithee: Don Jakoby objected to extensive rewrites of his script and asked for his name to be removed from the credits. The film used the pseudonym "Michael Edmonds" to credit its screenwriter.
  • California Doubling: Although unmentioned in the film's end credits, some of it was filmed in London rather than New York City.
  • Career Resurrection: As was the case with the second film, this gave Michael Winner a much-needed hit after the disappointments of the remake of The Wicked Lady and Scream for Help.
  • Creator Backlash:
    • Charles Bronson rarely granted interviews, or commented on his own films. However, he plainly stated his unhappiness with this film at least a few times, and was especially angered when he discovered that Michael Winner filmed extremely gory shots with extras (as nameless thugs) when he was off-set.
    • Screenwriter Don Jakoby was so unhappy with the rewrites that he used a pseudonym.
    • Marina Sirtis does not like the film.
    • Alex Winter is somewhat embarrassed by the film. He gives more detail here.
  • Fake Nationality: Marina Sirtis as a Latina.
  • Money, Dear Boy: Alex Winter revealed that he took on a role in the film because he was young and broke. He saw it as a summer job. He later claimed that Bronson did the film for the same reason.
  • Pop-Star Composer: The opening credits boasts that the film features a soundtrack by Jimmy Page. This is a bad case of exploiting Exact Words; Page's soundtrack for Death Wish II was recycled for this film, and he did not provide any new music. The film's actual composer, responsible for rearranging Page's work, was Mike Moran.
  • The Red Stapler: Kersey uses the Wildey .475 Magnum, a semi-automatic pistol that fires rounds so powerful it rivals the Desert Eagle in muzzle energy. The manufactures of the firearm were struggling financially at the time. The movie single-handedly increased the sales of the Wildey .475 Magnum and rescued the company from bankruptcy. It also counts as a Celebrity Endorsement, as it was Charles Bronson's personal pistol of choice.
  • Refitted for Sequel: The film incorporated two elements of the original novel. The first was the concept of a giggling Puerto Rican thug; the second was the use of a car as bait for thieves.
  • Those Two Actors: The film reteams Charles Bronson with Ed Lauter, who starred with Bronson four times. They even fully team up in the third act, similar to their characters in Breakheart Pass.
  • Throw It In!: According to Alex Winter, he and the actors playing the gang members would often improvise lines and actions.
    • As stated above, the Wildey Magnum Kersey carries for a good portion of the film was Charles Bronson's own personal weapon.
  • What Could Have Been:
    • The screenplay included a male-on-male Prison Rape in its early scenes.
    • When Charles Bronson haggled with Cannon over his fee, they offered the lead role to their other big draw Chuck Norris who turned it down claiming that the violence in the movie was "too negative".
    • A scheduled novelization of the film was cancelled, since Brian Garfield retained the exclusive right to write sequel novels.

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