The release weekend for this movie coincided with the date from the first line of the song that inspired it: "It was the 3rd of June, another sleepy, dusty Delta day"
The actual Tallahachie bridge was destroyed by fire in 1972 and replaced with a modern one. Filming was done at a similar bridge nearby. Both bridges have plaques noting their respective events.
Second collaboration between Robby Benson and Glynnis O'Connor. Jeremy (1973) was the first. Also seen together in the 1977 teleplay "Our Town"
Screenwriter Herman Raucher was paid $250,000 by the Dell Publishing Company to author a tie-in paperback novel, which was ultimately deemed a colossal financial disaster.
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