This was the final film directed by Franklin J. Schaffner before his death on July 2, 1989 at the age of 69. He died more than two months before it was released.
Second appearance of Kris Kristofferson and Sam Waterston on a same film nine years after their previous encounter in Heaven's Gate (1980).
Some scenes were filmed in a former military hospital in Kingston, Ontario, Canada. The movie is referenced in The Tragically Hip's " Blow At High Dough"- "They shot a movie once In my hometown Everybody was in it From miles around..."