At about seven minutes, the police radio announces, "Attention all units: officer down, Hollywood Freeway near Barham." This is a hilly and busy area in the Cahuenga Pass, between Hollywood and Studio City. However, when detectives Hunter and McCall arrive at the crime scene, they are in a wide open, flat area, where freeway traffic can be seen only off in the distance. The location is likely the Sepulveda Dam Basin, a popular filming location for TV, movies, and commercials, near the intersection of Woodley Avenue and Burbank Boulevard. The 405 and 101 freeways (San Diego and Ventura freeways, respectively) travel on raised berms at the perimeter of the Basin, which is in the middle of the San Fernando Valley, several miles from the Cahuenga Pass and the Hollywood Freeway.
Broder's bike is a Honda 750 Interceptor
The version streaming on Plex as of 2023 had the original music replaced with "Red Sky" by Boston college band "The Big Heavy". The music can be found on iTunes or YouTube. The song was published in the 2010s and not the 1980s.