During the chase scene at the abandoned building, "Nic + Jenny" is seen spray painted on a wall. This is a nod to co-star Jenny Wright and her then-relationship with Nicolas Cage
In an interview with Scott Cain of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution (8-8-1986), Jenny Wright noted that the most difficult scene for her was the one in which Jeff Kober broke through a window and grabbed her around the neck from behind. She noted that it required a lot of concentration to keep the audience from realizing she was about to be attacked, even though she knew it herself.
"The Dirtbox" night-club shooting location, which closed prior to the movie being released, was a popular underground after-hours club in downtown Los Angeles. Like many other downtown clubs, it moved from warehouse to warehouse, with the new location known only to a small offbeat, new-wave clientèle.
Mötley Crüe bassist Nikki Sixx has said on the 1999 re-release of the "Girls, Girls, Girls" album that the instrumental track "Nona" was originally written for this picture but in the end was not included on the soundtrack.
Filming began on 9th December 9, 1985 in Bakersfield, California. Production designer Norman Newberry felt this
location created the perfect illusion of rural Iowa with its sprawling farms and cornfields. Newberry said: "We looked at several potential locations for farm scenes and the one that was really the best was Bakersfield. The terrain looks very much like Iowa and they even grow corn there, which especially added to the look of authenticity".