Several members of actor-director Dom DeLuise's family have roles in this film. They are sons David DeLuise, Peter DeLuise, Michael DeLuise, and wife Carol DeLuise [aka Carol Arthur].

In addition to starring in the film, Jerry Reed also wrote, produced, and sang the film's title song.

The then-mayors of Miami and Miami Beach appear as a pair of Mafia enforcers.

In directing this film, Dom DeLuise became the third member of "The Mel Brooks Stock Company" to become a director. The other two were Gene Wilder and Marty Feldman.

The police cars shown racing through the night are actually those of the Atlanta Police Department in Georgia instead of from Miami, where this movie was set and filmed.