The bats hunted by Ned are actually fried bacon, served on skewers.
Tony Plana turned down Oliver Stone's Platoon (1986) to appear in this. He had also appeared in Stone's Salvador (1986) and knew that shooting Platoon (1986) in the Philippines would be an even more difficult shoot, compared to the 5 star hotel that was being provided for the Tucson location for this film. Stone did not talk to him for years.
Steven Spielberg considered directing the film, but chose to do E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982) instead. He has said in interviews that his choices for the roles in this film were Steve Martin as Lucky Day, Bill Murray as Dusty Bottoms, and Robin Williams as Ned Nederlander. Spielberg would later direct Williams in हुक (1991).