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• The IND Hoyt-Schermerhorn station in Brooklyn was used for both the 57th St. and 42nd St. subway station scenes. The train, consisting of retired equipment, operated on one of the unused outer tracks.
  
  
• The 63rd St. tunnel, then under construction, was used in the underground chase sequence.
  
  
• When the original director, Gary Nelson, left the project, Bruce Malmuth took over production. When he couldn't make it on his first day to shoot the train chase, Sylvester Stallone directed the chase himself to not miss a day of shooting. This caused trouble with the Director's Guild. Guild rules state that a Director's Guild member cannot be fired so an actor can take over directing a film he is starring in, so the producers asked for and received special permission for Stallone to direct the scene.
  
  
• Joe Spinell's character of Lt. Munafo is named after actor and associate producer Tony Munafo, who appears in this film as Big Mike.
  
  
• Two lobby cards contain additional scenes not found in the theatrical release. The first involves an extended scene between Sylvester Stallone and Lindsay Wagner. The second involves a deleted scene with Rutger Hauer, Persis Khambatta and Charles Duval.
  
  
• Dutchman Rutger Hauer's first American feature film.
  
  
• Pre-production began in 1979. Principal photography took place from January 1980 when the final draft of the script was completed and production ended in April 1980.
  
  

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