Running Scared

While the chase scene on the train tracks in "El" was being filmed, the suspension systems of three Chevy Impalas were destroyed.

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In many exterior scenes, snow was simulated with foam.

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On the television series "The Directors," Peter Hyams stated that when MGM offered him the project following the success of 2010: The Year We Make Contact (1984), the script focused on two former New York City police officers who wanted to retire. Hyams proposed the idea of two young Chicago police officers who were not retiring, and MGM accepted it. The script was initially written with Gene Hackman and Paul Newman in mind for the lead roles.

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In an interview, Peter Hyams says that when he said he wanted Billy Crystal and Gregory Hines for this film, he heard "a big thud." At the time, neither actor had the names they later earned in their careers.

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The docked ship used in the film is the Columbia Yacht Club in Chicago. The ship is not operational and is permanently docked in Chicago's harbor.

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After returning from Florida, Ray is wearing a Tampa Bay Buccaneers hat. At the time the film was shot, the Buccaneers and the Chicago Bears were rivals in the league.

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Filming took place from September 1985 to January 1986 at MGM Studios in Culver City, California, as well as on location in Key West and Chicago.

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Running Scared is a 1986 American police action comedy film directed by Peter Hyams and written by Gary Devore and Jimmy Huston. Gregory Hines and Billy Crystal play two Chicago police officers trying to take down a drug dealer before they retire.

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The $40,000 Costanzo inherited from his aunt in 1986 would be approximately $121,000 in 2026.

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