The service station Jake uses to make a telephone call to find out how his grandfather lives is where the Burger King drive through now stands in Port Glasgow.
Martin Scorsese thought the bar fight scene to be one of the most realistic ever filmed.
The band playing during the fight scene are the Cuban Heels, later signed to Virgin records.
The opening pub fight was filmed in the Norseman Bar, which is a popular pub for football supporters before and after matches at Greenock Morton's Cappielow Park