Huncke and Louis were best friends and companions in their actual lives -- this film, although scripted, touched on many of the emotional hot points that marked their difficult though loving relationship.
Filmed in Huncke's actual apartment on Henry Street in Brooklyn, NY.
Huncke's companion Louis Cartwright ("Alex") would be murdered on the streets of New York's East Village in 1993, just a few short years after the completion of "The Burning Ghat". Huncke died three years later while living in New York's legendary Chelsea Hotel.