We first see Richie Marks (Sam Elliott) while he is inside a movie theater showing The Soldier (1982), which was also directed by James Glickenhaus.
Peter Weller and Sam Elliott initially did not get along. As filming progressed, however, tensions smoothed out when Elliott came to support Weller's participation in the 1987 New York City Marathon, and because the two actors had the same agent.
Was released as "Blue Jean Cop' in almost every other country except the US.
Stunt Coordinator Alan Gibbs had planned a special rollover car stunt to do, but he got sick (from cancer) during the making of the film. The producers waited for the last minute to shoot the rollover scene, if he would have gotten better, but when he suddenly died, Jack Gill, who had taken over as Stunt Coordinator, had to perform the stunt instead.
Was originally set to be distributed by De Laurentiis Entertainment Group before Universal acquired the film after DEG fell under bankruptcy.