The original 48 minute version which aired on CBS in 1991 is credited to director Tom Holland. A longer edit which includes deleted scenes (opening with Holland himself as a mugger/rapist who is foiled by The Owl) and lengthy montage sequences was created for the international market and is credited to director Alan Smithee, a pseudonym frequently used when directors are unhappy with a finished film.
A total of approximately 15 minutes of the longer international version consists of cut up flashback montages of Alex L'Hiboux's demise.
A TV pilot for the CBS network that was not picked up.