Tab Hunter and Henry Silva were originally slated to star.
One of a mini-cycle of mid-late 1980s "Beverly Hills" titled Hollywood movies that were made after the box-office success of Beverly Hills Cop (1984). The films include Beverly Hills Cop II (1987), Troop Beverly Hills (1989), Beverly Hills Vamp (1989), Beverly Hills Brats (1989), Beverly Hills Madam (1986), Down and Out in Beverly Hills (1986) and Scenes from the Class Struggle in Beverly Hills (1989). Soon, there would also be in the 1990s the movies Beverly Hills Cop III (1994) and The Taking of Beverly Hills (1991).
Whoopi Goldberg: makes a brief cameo appearance when she pulls over in a car and says "Beverly Hills Brats"--then drives away.