Trivia

Lassiter is the only movie where Jane Seymour is seen nude. She is seen from the rear and side.

The movie was made to capitalize in the popularity of Tom Selleck's Magnum character from the TV series Magnum, P.I. (1980). Movie poster tag-lines boasted, "The Magnum Man Hits the Big Screen with a Vengeance".

Brian Coburn was dubbed by David de Keyser.

Tom Selleck's suave debonair gentleman thief character Nick Lassiter was written in the spirit of Cary Grant's John Robie from To Catch a Thief (1955).

Classic vehicles seen in this movie included a vintage motor-cycle and a black Mercedes Coupe.