The second movie producer collaboration of producer partners Don Simpson and Jerry Bruckheimer. The movie was one of two 1984 releases the two produced together in that year. The other, their third collaboration, was Beverly Hills Cop (1984). Their first had been Flashdance (1983).
Writer-director Douglas Day Stewart had previously written the Academy Award nominated screenplay for An Officer and a Gentleman (1982) for the Paramount Pictures studio which also produced this movie.
One of two 1984 movies with a score soundtrack composed by Harold Faltermeyer. The other picture was Beverly Hills Cop (1984) whose soundtrack was very popular and successful.