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• When director Wim Wenders completed his work, the studio backing him was so dissatisfied with his work, he was ordered to re-shoot over 80% of the movie.
  
  
• Nicolas Roeg was originally going to direct, but didn't due to creative differences.
  
  
• Final film of Elisha Cook Jr.
  
  

• The first aborted shoot of the film co-starred Ronee Blakley and Brian Keith in the roles ultimately played by Marilu Henner and Peter Boyle. The film was apparently 90% complete, but lacked a satisfactory ending. The novel's ending could not be used for copyright reasons (it was deemed too close to Dashiell Hammett's own work). By the time shooting resumed a year-and-a-half later, Wim Wenders had divorced Blakely and her part was recast.
  
  

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