When asked why he decided to direct this film, Sidney Lumet frankly replied that he liked to work all the time, and if he couldn't find a good script he'd take a fair one.
Costing $30m. the film took in a little over $4m during its entire US domestic run.
At the time that the film was made, Bobby Cannavale (Jack Jesus Nunez) was the son-in-law of the director Sidney Lumet. He was married to Lumet's daughter Jenny Lumet from 1994 to 2003.
Sharon Stone (Gloria) previously co-starred with Gena Rowlands, who played Gloria Swenson in Gloria (1980), in The Mighty (1998).