The name of the book that Bancroft (Timothy Dalton) was reading in bed was "Wayward Girls & Wicked Women", which is an actual compendium of eighteen short stories edited by Angela Carter. The anthology had been published in 1986.
As of 2018 has not been released on DVD.
The closing credits declare that this movie was "filmed on location in England and the Netherlands and at Pinewood Studios, London, England".
Four of the cast of Hawks (1988) have appeared in the James Bond film franchise. Jill Bennett played Jacoba Brink in Solo per i tuoi occhi (1981), Geoffrey Palmer portrayed Admiral Roebuck in Il domani non muore mai (1997), Timothy Dalton was James Bond in 007 - Zona pericolo (1987) and 007 - Vendetta privata (1989), and Julie T. Wallace played Rosika Miklos in 007 - Zona pericolo (1987)