Director John Flynn, in an interview, said of the production: ''...it was just another assignment. Showtime's executives liked 'Nails' so much they immediately offered me 'Scam'. We shot most of it in Jamaica. It was a privilege to work with Chris Walken. What a fine actor he is. Miguel Ferrer and Martin Donovan are also first-rate talents, but Lorraine Bracco was clinically depressed at the time, having trouble with her boyfriend Edward James Olmos and her ex-husband Harvey Keitel. So Lorraine wasn't at the top of her game in 'Scam'.''
This tele-movie was made and first broadcast about only a year after its source novel 'Ladystinger' by Craig Smith had been first published in 1992. Smith also penned the script for this film.
Debut produced screenplay for a feature film production of writer Craig Smith.
The nick-name of the mob boss Albert Magliocco (Daniel von Bargen) was ''Headache''.
Director John Flynn and actor Christopher Walken have both worked with writer-director Paul Schrader. Flynn directed Schrader's screenplay for 'Rolling Thunder' (1977) whilst Walken was directed by Schrader on both 'Touch' (1997) and 'The Comfort of Strangers' (1990).