Paul Newman's final starring role in a film. His remaining film work would be in supporting roles and voice-overs.
The film was originally set to be a vehicle for Sean Connery, but he ended up dropping out to focus on Entrapment (1999) (which, ironically, had a similar plot of an older thief and a younger female partner planning a heist.)
The film's title is a play on the quote by real life bank robber Willie Sutton who when once asked why he robbed banks, he replied "That's where the money is."