Trivia

The movie was conceived with Bob Hoskins as Ronald Christopher "Buster" Edwards, but the filmmakers decided he'd played that sort of part in The Long Good Friday (1980) and Mona Lisa (1986). Phil Collins was cast instead after director David Green saw his performance in Miami Vice (1984). David Jason was also considered for the role of Buster at one point.

The movie attracted criticism for romanticizing criminality and glossing over the violent assault of the train driver. BBC movie critic Barry Norman called it "amoral and even deplorable". Through Collins' involvement in The Prince's Trust, the then, Prince and Princess of Wales, were invited to attend the premiere. After Evening Standard movie critic Alexander Walker and Conservative Member of Parliament Ivor Stanbrook publicly attacked it and implored them not to attend, Collins wrote to the royal couple and recommended they cancel, which they did.

At first, Phil Collins didn't intend to record any songs for the soundtrack because he wanted to be judged purely as an actor.

The real-life Ronald Christopher "Buster" Edwards committed suicide on November 29, 1994; he was 62.

The movie featured two hit songs by Phil Collins: "Two Hearts" and "A Groovy Kind of Love". "A Groovy Kind of Love" went to number one on the U.K. Singles Chart, while "Two Hearts" went to number six. Both songs went to number one in the U.S.

Buster Edwards: At the airport in Mexico, walking with Phil Collins and Dame Julie Walters.