The 'Russell' that is being referred to into the rack track scene is Russell Baze, the most successful jockey in the history of Thoroughbred horse racing, and a member of the United States Racing Hall of Fame.
Filming the cable car chase sequence using real SF cable cars would have required closing down a major thoroughfare for several days, so instead fake cable car tracks were painted on quieter Jones Street and most of the shots filmed there using motorized cars.
The final scene was filmed at Mare Island Naval Base in Vallejo, California one year after the naval base had closed down.
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