Mean Johnny Barrows

Star Fred Williamson's M*A*S*H (1972) co-star Elliott Gould came in for a half-hour's work to help out his friend. Gould completely improvised his part on the spot.

Johnny's name is misspelled "Johnnie" on his army name tag.

Dedicated to the veteran who traded his place on the front line for a place on the unemployment line. Peace is Hell.

The DVD and Blu-ray by Code Red is the 96-minute director's cut that includes differences from the theatrical version released on VHS in the 1980s by Unicorn Video and numerous public domain DVD releases (sourced from the Unicorn tape master). There is a graphic sex scene between Johnny and Nancy, the killings are more bloodier and the climatic karate fight with Johnny and O'Malley is much longer, the scene with Johnny calling Nancy on a payphone is seen before his fight with O'Malley, instead of after, and an ascending helicopter shot is seen before Nancy steps on the landmine.