Annie Potts mentions that her movie is scheduled for release later in the year; by the time it was released early the next year, her part had been edited out
The scene where Ordell and Louis contemplate who took the money in the VW van mirrors a shot and scene from 'Stick'; both films are also based on Elmore Leonard novels.
Stick tells a character he's got "short eyes" while at a bar with Rainy next to him. (Rainy) José Pérez was one of the leads of Short Eyes (1977), where the term "short eyes" was first coined to mean child molester.