Dennis Farina who plays serial killer Angelo Buono was actually a Chicago Police Officer for 18 years in real life
A TV movie made for the NBC network.
Richard Crenna and Karen Austin both co-starred in the John Candy comedy Summer Rental four years earlier.
When Grogan and J.D. initially meet at the bar for drinks, there is a man seen sitting in the background framed between them. The man is Darcy O'Brien, who is the author of the book this film is based on.
Grogan violates many an LAPD policy, not only by discussing the strangler case and giving out intimate details about it to J.D., but by also becoming romantically involved with her. LAPD officers are not allowed to fraternize off duty with the people they come into contact with on the job.