Cobra Trivia (1986)

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Cobra Trivia

• The bobble-head doll that Cobra is playing with outside the diner is wearing the uniform of the Philadelphia Phillies.
• In the diner scene where Cobretti brings over the fake hamburger to Ingrid, there is an oval frame on the wall that says "King Cobra" - a brand of beer.
• Body count: 52.
• Much of David Rasche's role was cut from the final version. In the behind-the-scenes documentary, an additional scene featuring him is shown being filmed.
• Andrew Robinson (Det. Monte) and Reni Santori (Sgt. Gonzales) had worked together 15 years before in another cop film, Dirty Harry. In that one, Robinson was credited as Andy Robinson, who played the psychopathic 'Scorpio'.
• The submachine gun used by Marion Cobretti in the final showdown with biker gang is a Jati-Matic. The Jati-Matic first appeared in the early 1980s, but was never adopted by any country for use. It re-appeared in Finland in the mid-1990s as the GG-95 Personal Defense Weapon made by the Golden Gun Company. The gun is chambered in 9x19 parabellum, has a cyclic rate of 600 rounds/min, and has various accessories that were offered such as a silencer, various capacity magazines, and a laser pointing device.
• When Sylvester Stallone was signed to play the lead in Beverly Hills Cop (1984), he did a lot of work on the screenplay, turning it into an action extravaganza that the studio couldn't afford. He eventually left Beverly Hills Cop and channeled his ideas for that project into this movie.
• The movie was based on a novel "Fair Game" by Paula Gosling. In 1995 'William Baldwin' and Cindy Crawford made Fair Game (1995)," which was also based on the same novel by Gosling.
• All the major product placement is for PEPSI but nobody actually drinks any during the film. However, Cobra's partner drinks Coca-Cola.
• Reni Santoni (Gonzalez) had the same character name when he played Clint Eastwood's partner in Dirty Harry.
• Cobretti uses a custom Colt .45 Cal using Glaser Safety Slugs, a frangible bullet. A frangible bullet is one that is designed to disintegrate into tiny particles upon impact to minimize their penetration for reasons of range safety, to limit environmental impact, or to limit the danger behind the intended target. They are often used by shooters engaging in close quarter combat to avoid ricochets.
• The custom fitted 1950 Mercury that was driven by Cobretti in the film was actually owned by Sylvester Stallone. So that it could be used in stunts the studio produced doubles of the car for use in action sequences, such as the jump from the second floor of the parking garage.