One for the Money

Katherine Heigl's hair in the film is a wig. She wanted to stay faithful to the book's description of Stephanie, and making her real hair look that way would have been difficult.

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One for the Money (2012) was Debbie Reynolds's last theatrical release before her death on December 28, 2016.

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Big Blue is a 1976 Buick Electra. In the novel, it is a powder-blue 1953 Buick Roadmaster.

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Katherine Heigl, Jason O'Mara, Daniel Sunjata and Debra Monk all appeared in Grey's Anatomy (2005).

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Although nothing was shot in Trenton, New Jersey, the film is set there, using the Italian People's Bakery and Deli, a real business in Trenton.

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The film entered development hell after Columbia and TriStar Pictures bought the adaptation rights to the novel in 1997. In April 2010, Lionsgate acquired the distribution rights.

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One for the Money (2012) is an American crime comedy film adapted from Janet Evanovich's 1994 novel of the same name. Directed by Julie Anne Robinson, the film was written by Liz Brixius, Karen McCullah and Kirsten Smith. It stars Katherine Heigl, Jason O'Mara, Debbie Reynolds, John Leguizamo, Daniel Sunjata and Sherri Shepherd. The story revolves around a broke and unemployed woman who becomes a bail enforcement agent and goes after an old high school flame who has both skipped his payments and is a murder suspect.

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One for the Money (2012) was released in theaters in the United States on January 27, 2012, and was both a critical and commercial failure. The film was criticized by reviewers, many of whom faulted the screenplay and [link=nm0001337's performance, and it grossed only $38.1 million worldwide against a $40 million budget.

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Principal photography took place in the borough of Ambridge in Beaver County, Pennsylvania.

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