Cross My Heart

JoBeth Williams was originally cast as Kathy but had to drop out when she got pregnant.

Bruce's kitchen is drastically under-decorated compared to the rest of the apartment, plain cabinet doors (pink) without handles, very low-cost appliances, basic 4-burner electric stove, short apartment-style refrigerator, almost as if entering a completely different apartment. As two entire scenes take place in this room, more attention should have gone to set design.

The end credits frequently change colors.

An alternate version of "Cross my Heart" has been prepared for cable television, to flesh the film out for a two-hour TV time slot (with commercials). This version adds about ten-fifteen minutes of deleted scenes in the third act (bringing the running time of the film itself to 100 minutes). The three additional scenes are: 1) A scene in which David follows Kathy onto a bus, against her will; 2) A subsequent scene where David and Kathy walk down a Los Angeles street together, in front of a movie house, and 3) A scene (following the discovery of the 'underwear' in Bruce's yard) where David and Kathy walk down the sidewalk together, side-by-side. All are lengthy dialogue scenes which allow the Short and O'Toole characters to more fully expouse their philosophies about dating. Former salesman David also gets to deliver a lengthy speech about various brands of sunglasses. The aforementioned scenes were excised from the theatrical release cut and home video versions.

Featured in Siskel & Ebert & the Movies: Made in Heaven/Less Than Zero/Hello Again/Russkies/Hiding Out (1987)