Gerald McRaney mentioned in an interview that he auditioned for the role of Captain Ted Brinkenhoff and it was this audition that led to his subsequent casting in Simon & Simon (1981) as both projects were written by Philip DeGuere Jr..
Actor Tom Selleck has starred in such espionage-related movies as Killers (2010_, Lassiter (1984),The Gypsy Warriors (1978), and The Washington Affair (1977).