Trivia

Richard Dreyfuss felt he was miscast as Alexander Haig, but also felt it was nevertheless fun.

Sean McCann also appears in the miniseries "The Reagans" (2003) (TV), which also covers this film's events.

First film of Christian Lloyd.

Richard Crenna ended up predeceasing the real Ronald Reagan, when he died of heart failure (related to his battle with pancreatic cancer) on January 17, 2003 (just a little over a year after this TV film aired).