I read online that the writer was working on two separate movies and decided to combine them. And that's what it feels like—two separate plots. The attempt to join them at the end was too fast and not at all believable. The first part, with Tony allowing Daryll's attentions in pursuit of a story and then falling for him, all around the suspense of the murder, was interesting, but then it just got weird.

The end scene took place in a multi-story stable in NYC where horses were kept in the city. By 1981, when the movie was shot, there were very few left, and now they're all gone. It was a kinda cool look at the past.