- Woody Allen was very dissatisfied with the ending of the film. During the production stage, he chopped off a third of the entire film, rewritten the script and remakes the third. As a result, there is no role for Sean Young, and Darryl Hannah's role is reduced to the main supporting role.
- The prototype of Leicester's character is Larry Gilbart. Woody Allen and Gilbart have worked together. There are reports that he is annoying because of his tyranny and tyranny. Lester's various comments, such as "comedy is tragedy plus time" and "if it bends, it is ridiculous; if it breaks, it is not ridiculous" are the original words of Gilbart.
- Regarding the roles of Hannah and her sisters at the end of the film, Allen feels good about himself and simply wrote these feelings into his other movie "Hannah and Her Sisters".
- It was originally envisaged that Alan Arda would just appear in the party scene at the beginning of the movie, with Darryl Hannah. After Woody Allen asked Alda to improvise, he decided to increase his role, and Alda was very happy about it.
- Martin Landau was originally scheduled to star in the film Jack Rosenthal .
Crimes and Misdemeanors behind the scenes gags
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Crimes and Misdemeanors quotes
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Lester: Public television wants to do a documentary on me. You know, follow me around, the way I talk, the way I think, and that kind of thing. So, - it's part of their "Creative Minds" series.
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Lester: Look, I'll be frank with you. You're not my first choice. I'm doing this strictly as a favor to Wendy. Because, you haven't worked in a long time. She's embarrassed!
Clifford Stern: I work! It's just that nobody's paying me.