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Arnold Schwarzenegger only agreed to star in this picture after much haggling in exchange for dissolving his multi-picture agreement with Dino De Laurentiis. He had one picture left with the producer and was actually very interested in doing Total Recall (1990), but De Laurentiis objected, feeling that he was not suitable for the lead role of Quaid. Instead, Patrick Swayze was already cast before the bankruptcy.
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Blanche Baker is the daughter of Carroll Baker. Carroll Baker plays Eleanor Crisp, a character who shoots Arnold Schwarzenegger in Kindergarten Cop.
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Ralph Foody Is the police captain for the Chicago PD. In The Blues Brothers (1980) he was a dispatcher for the Chicago PD. He's also the gangster with the Tommy gun in the movie within a movie Angels with dirty faces in Home Alone (1990) which was also filmed in Chicago.
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Originally intended to be called "Let's Make A Deal."
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When Amy throws the chocolate cake at Kaminski which misses him and splats on the wall, Kaminski says to Amy that she shouldn't drink and bake. Arnold Schwarzenegger later played an alcoholic in End of Days (1999).
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Sam Wanamaker (who plays Luigi Patrovita, the antagonist of the film), was in fact born in Chicago.
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According to Arnold Schwarzenegger, Dino De Laurentiis decided to produce this film because he needed quick cash for his long gestating project Total Recall (1990). At that time, he owned the rights to the film. The failure of this film to make adequate money (only $16 million) resulted in De Laurentiis' bankruptcy and Recall's sale of rights to Carolco.
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None of the hit men from the opening scene ever appear again in the film.
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"I've Seen That Face Before" by Grace Jones plays during a club scene. She had previously co-starred with Arnold Schwarzenegger in Conan the Destroyer (1984).
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At 1 hr 14 min and 8 secs a James Brown scream is heard just before a car explodes.
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The weapon that Kaminsky uses in the final shootout of the movie (and which he brandishes on the poster) is a Heckler & Koch HK-94 carbine, a semi-automatic civilian version of the MP5 submachine gun.
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Robert Davi was considered for the role of Richter in Total Recall (1990), in which he would've gone up against Arnold Schwarzenegger again after this film. But, he turned it down, along with Kurtwood Smith, who played a character like that in RoboCop (1987), also directed by Paul Verhoeven. The role went to Michael Ironside who was also considered to play RoboCop, as well as Clarence. Davi later worked with Verhoeven on Showgirls (1995).
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It took months for Arnold Schwarzenegger to master walking and swinging both arms extemporaneously.
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During production and filming the movie was to be called "Triple Identity" - a reference to the fact that the Schwarzenegger character goes from being an FBI Agent (1), to a local cop (2) and then to undercover operative (3). Several scripts exist for the film with the title on the front page. "Raw Deal" was chosen to make the film sound more like a regular action movie.
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A sign at the entrance of the oil refinery that Mark Kaminsky (Arnold Schwarzenegger) blows up at the beginning of the film reads "Irvin Oil Processing Company." The film was directed by John Irvin.
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The movie was filmed on location in Chicago. Darren McGavin also starred in Kolchak: The Night Stalker (1974) which was also filmed in Chicago.
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Arnold Schwarzenegger stated on his website that he enjoyed working on this film. He particularly enjoyed working with director John Irvin ("a real actor's director", in his own words). He also said that by the time he finished this picture, he was a better actor.
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The first of two times where Arnold Schwarzenegger enters a gay bar as part of his work. He would do so again exactly 10 years and 15 days later in Eraser (1996).
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The second time that Darren McGavin's character says, "whatever it takes". He said the same thing in The Six Million Dollar Man (1973). See quotes.
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