
In writing the script, Schrader was inspired by the diaries of Arthur Bremer (who shot presidential candidate George Wallace in 1972), by Jean- Paul Sartre's existential novel Nausea and John Ford's film The Searchers. Brenda Dickson as Actress in Soap Opera.Robert Maroff as Anthony Sciloso, Mafioso with Iris.Joe Spinell as Taxi Station Personal Officer.



Later, Travis has an awkward encounter with Betsy when dropping her off in his taxi at her home. He receives a letter from Iris' father, thanking him for saving her life and revealing that she has returned home to Pittsburgh, where she is going to school. Due to not being identified at the rally and having killed criminals, rescuing Iris in the process, Travis is hailed as a local hero in the press.
