Unlawful Entry

Kurt Russell and Madeleine Stowe performed the bedroom scene without stunt doubles. Production records confirm that the actors requested there be no stands on set in order to preserve the intended intimacy of the scene.

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Ray Liotta was nominated for the MTV Movie Award for Best Villain in 1993 for his role as Officer Pete Davis. Jennifer Jason Leigh won the award for her role in Single White Female (1992).

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Officer Pete Davis wears the United States Navy Pistol Shot Expert medal on his dress uniform. The decoration denotes the highest marksmanship qualification in the U.S. Navy and Coast Guard.

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The edited television broadcast replaces the original profanity-laden computer password with the phrase "YOU LOSE."

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Ray Liotta and Roger E. Mosley share a birth date of December 18. Both actors died in 2022 within a three-month period.

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Ray Liotta accepted the role of Officer Pete Davis to continue a run of performances as volatile or predatory characters early in his career. He had previously established this persona as the violent ex-con Ray Sinclair in Something Wild (1986) and as Henry Hill, a real-life violent gangster turned informant, in Martin Scorsese's Goodfellas (1990). Following this production, he played another sociopathic antagonist, Ryan Weaver, in the aviation thriller Turbulence (1997).

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For the second time in his career, Ray Liotta plays an antagonist who engages in a physical confrontation with the lead character in a home kitchen. His earlier villainous portrayal included a similar kitchen fight scene with Jeff Daniels in Something Wild (1986).

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Sharon Stone, Sandra Bullock, Jennifer Beals, Jodie Foster and Geena Davis all turned down the role of Karen Carr.

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Nora Heflin is the sister of director Jonathan Kaplan. Their father, Sol Kaplan, composed the music for two episodes of the television series Star Trek (1966).

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The 1996 Hindi psychological thriller Fareb (1996) is a remake of the production. Directed by Vikram Bhatt and produced by Mukesh Bhatt, it stars Faraaz Khan, Suman Ranganathan and Milind Gunaji in the roles originally played by Kurt Russell, Madeleine Stowe and Ray Liotta.

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Jonathan Kaplan directed two theatrical films released in 1992: Love Field (1992) and Unlawful Entry (1992).

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Pete Davis (Ray Liotta) uses a 1973 Dodge Charger SE as his personal vehicle. The character claims the car has a 440 cubic-inch engine, while the exterior badging and trim indicate the vehicle originally left the factory as a 318 cubic-inch model.

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Ray Liotta and Roger E. Mosley perform as left-handed individuals. Liotta, who is naturally right-handed, fires with his left hand and carries his weapon on his left hip throughout the production. Mosley, a natural left-hander, similarly carries his holster and equipment on his left side.

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The security system keypad displays the numeric sequence 3-1-1 during the initial installation at the Carr residence. This sequence refers to police protocols for non-emergency calls in various North American jurisdictions; however, the City of Los Angeles did not officially implement the 3-1-1 system for municipal services until 2002.

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Actors Andy Romano and Harry Northup appeared in director Jonathan Kaplan's previous film Over the Edge (1979). Northup plays a police officer in both productions.

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Actors Ken Lerner, Andy Romano, Dick Miller and Robert Costanzo had previously worked with Arnold Schwarzenegger on The Running Man (1987), Eraser (1996), The Terminator (1984) and Total Recall (1990).

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