Larry le dingue, Mary la garce

Vic Morrow, playing 'Franklin', insisted on a $1 million life insurance policy before he would film any scenes involving the helicopter, and said that if he wouldn't be insured, he would walk off the picture. His wish was granted, and he very reluctantly agreed to fly in the chopper. When asked why he wanted the policy, Morrow replied "I have always had a premonition that I'll be killed in a helicopter crash!" Of course, on July 23, 1982, Morrow was indeed killed, along with two children, when a helicopter was brought down by special effects explosions, right on top of them while they were filming La Quatrième Dimension (1983). Morrow was decapitated by the helicopter's main rotor, as was one of the children. The other child was crushed to death. Incidentally, famed stunt coordinator Gary McLarty, who was one of the passengers inside the helicopter that killed Morrow, also appears in this movie as a State Trooper.

The first getaway car is repeatedly referred to as a 1967 or 1968 Chevy by the police. It is actually a 1966 Impala and the differences between the model years are obvious.

The 20th Century Fox logo plays without the fanfare.

Several scenes cut from the original theatrical release were re-inserted for some television cuts of the film: Among these is a scene in the walnut grove after the collision with the fruit truck where Mary (Susan George) chides Larry (Peter Fonda) about not being literate enough to understand a quote from a book. Another occurs where four hoods at the swap meet are being interviewed by the police after Larry, Mary, and Deke tear off in the souped up Dodge Charger. The houdlums stall the officer's questions by commenting back and forth about what kind of engine was in the Charger.

Edited into L'homme qui tombe à pic (1981)