Alec Wilson appears in this film as 'Denning', a local Australian hired goon for the drug lords. He later appeared in the sequel Crocodile Dundee in Los Angeles (2001) as 'Jacko', a long-time Australian friend of Mick.
John Meillon's second and final appearance as Walter Reilly. Meillon passed away a year after the film's release, and his character had retired sometime before the second sequel Crocodile Dundee in Los Angeles (2001).
When in Australia, the shot of the moon is upside down, as seen in the Northern Hemisphere.
Actress and singer Tatyana Ali's acting debut. Ali plays one of the kids in the park who is seen talking to Mick earlier.
There was controversy about whether Mick Dundee should be considered a crocodile poacher; his use of a rifle to "catch fish" was never fully confirmed in Crocodile Dundee (1986). The writers decided to start this film showcasing Mick's extreme measure of fishing by showing him use dynamite to catch fish in New York harbor. In this way, the writers safely asserted that he was actually fishing and not a criminal poacher - as he claimed, when he was attacked by a crocodile in the original film.