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Director James Glickenhaus' later 1988 movie Shakedown (1988) has The Soldier (1982) being played at the 42nd Street grind-house theater where Sam Elliot visits.

One of the first major film scores composed by Tangerine Dream.

This film was writer/producer/director James Glickenhaus's gritty take on the James Bond spy genre. All of Glickenhaus's films were his subversive, more adult-orientated take on other genres. His first film "The Suicide Cult", was his version of the horror boom of the late seventies, his follow up film "The Exterminator" was his take on the seventies classic "Death Wish". His 80's action film "The Protector" starring Jackie Chan, was his attempt to explore the genre made famous by Dirty Harry. His next picture, the buddy actioner "Shakedown" was his answer to "Lethal Weapon". His 1991 revolutionary war epic "McBain" was "Rambo", while the 1993 thriller "Slaughter of the Innocents" was his version of "Silence of the Lambs". Finally, his 1995 fantasy flick "TimeMaster" came hot on the heels of the 1994 sci-fi thriller"TimeCop".

Theatrical feature film debut of actors Zeljko Ivanek, Joaquim de Almeida and country and western music superstar George Strait, the latter of whom appeared with his band appear in the roadhouse playing music during a bar-room brawl.

The film was given little fanfare upon release, thanks to a management chance at Embassy Pictures. The new chairmen at the time, Norman Lear and Jerry Perenchio, hated the previous regimes films and spent little on their release. Ironically, the films' made under Lear and Perenchio were all box-office duds.

George Strait: The American country music singer as himself.

Klaus Kinski: As the Soviet KGB agent Dracha. Though prominently billed, Kinski appears only briefly. He would play a similar role not long after this film in The Little Drummer Girl (1984).