The Osterman Weekend

John Tanner

Lawrence Fassett

Bernard Osterman

Richard Tremayne

Joseph Cardone

Virginia Tremayne

Betty Cardone

Walter Stennings

Steve Tanner

Maxwell Danforth

Marcia Heller

Honeymoon Groom

Honeymoon Bride

Tremayne's Secretary

Martial Arts Instructor

Andrei Mikalovich

General Keever

Zuna Brickman

Floor Manager (as Bruce Block)

Kidnapper

Motorcycle Cop

Nurse

Agent #1

Agent #2

Agent #3

Assailant

Stage Manager #1

Stage Manager #2

Technician (as Buckley F. Norris)

Helicopter Pilot

Helicopter Agent

Executive Assistant

Secretary (uncredited)

CIA Agent (uncredited)

The Finnish title of this movie is Verinen viikonloppu which means Bloody Weekend in English.

According to "The Espionage Filmography", director Sam "Peckinpah claimed the film was botched in the final edit". In the February 1984 edition of Photoplay (UK), Peckinpah said he was happy with the final cut despite six minutes of scenes with humor being cut out which he said balanced the violence. According to Wikipedia, "The producers changed the opening sequence and deleted other scenes they deemed unnecessary. Peckinpah proclaimed that producers had once again sabotaged his film, a complaint he made after filming Major Dundee (1965) and Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid (1973). He was less vocal this time, mindful that studios and producers were keeping an eye on his behavior".

This was the first film in two consecutive years where actor John Hurt starred in a surveillance movie. Hurt the next year appeared in Michael Radford's film of George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four (1984).

During the closing credits we can see that the soundtrack is released by a label that goes under the name of Varese Saraband. The name of the label is actually Varese Sarabande, with an e in the end of the second name.

In the kitchen scene after Ali and the Tanner son are kidnapped, Ali refers to the boy as 'Steve', which is supposed to be the character's name according to the closing credits. But the actor's real name is Christopher, and he is referred to as 'Christopher' or 'Chris' numerous times throughout the movie. Note that it may have been challenging for Meg Foster to remember to refer to him as 'Steve' since he is her real life son.

The handwriting on Tanner's sign changes between shots.

Bernard Osterman: What's the trouble?

Lawrence Fassett: I know Maxwell Danforth very well; he killed my wife. Not with his bare hands, of course. The Danforths of the world don't murder that way. They use words like terminate, exterminate.

Bernard Osterman: I'm still wondering how we got into this mess.