One of six feature films that have starred both Bob Hoskins and Michael Caine. The films include Blue Ice (1992), Last Orders (2001), Mona Lisa (1986), Sweet Liberty (1986), Beyond the Limit (1983) and for television, World War II: When Lions Roared (1994).
When the chaps make a stop for lunch in a pub on the way down to Margate, Vince tells Lenny'it's a quarter to two'. Later, once they reach Margate, they drive past a municipal clock, with the hands set at five-and-twenty to two (13:35).
When Vic first takes Jack in to the bar and orders a double whiskey, the publican, Bernie, pours two large drinks, but thereafter the amount of whiskey in Vic's glass halves and doubles between takes until the end of the scene.