This picture is notable for a motorcycle stunt where a motorbike rider, at the end of a long chase, rides his bike off a 200 foot cliff. Husqvarna motorcycles were specially adapted to film the chase hitting speeds of nearly 110 miles per hour while filming on location at Indian Dunes, Newhall, California.
There is no dialogue for the first 16 minutes.
The rundown hotel in downtown Los Angeles where the first victim resides has a dive bar on the corner. Its name? The Hard Rock Cafe - first discovered by the Doors, who actually used it as for photos of the band for the back cover and gatefold of the Morrison Hotel album in 1970. Side One is actually entitled "Hard Rock Cafe," to boot. Soon after, Isaac Tigrett and Peter Morton asked the Doors for permission to 'borrow' the name for their soon-to-open restaurant in London.
Bishop's painting that features significantly is "The Garden of Earthly Delights" by Hieronymus Bosch. The original is in the Museo del Prado in Madrid.
The "car falling down the cliff" scene in this film was copied/pasted into an inferior Turkish action film. It was a common practice in the late 70's / early 80's Turkish movies, which were very poor in production values, to directly insert scenes from expensive Hollywood productions. If you looked closely, you could see Charlton Heston, Sean Connery etc in such scenes.
However, this plagiarist movie aired on Turkish television only two days after Kalter Hauch (1972) aired, so audiences easily noticed it, and bombarded the TRT (Turkish National Television) with calls and letters of complaint. The matter became a sort of minor scandal, and found its way into the papers.
However, this plagiarist movie aired on Turkish television only two days after Kalter Hauch (1972) aired, so audiences easily noticed it, and bombarded the TRT (Turkish National Television) with calls and letters of complaint. The matter became a sort of minor scandal, and found its way into the papers.