The film's first weekend of theatrical release was marked by a gang brawl at a drive-in theater in Westminster, California.
A planned sequel never materialized. The film Juice was released as "Angel Town 2" in some parts of Europe, but no one knows if that film started off as the intended sequel.
Dark arrows and dots are visible on the floor of Lee's Gym. The building had been the Van Nuys Bowling Center about a year earlier.
Feature film debut of actor Olivier Gruner.