The film's original director, Sean MacGregor, was fired from it after a few weeks of difficult filming and most of the footage that he had directed was considered to be unusable. As a result, much of its final version had to be redone under the direction of David Sheldon several weeks later.
Actress Carolyn Stellar was actually the birth mother of Leif Garrett (David) and Dawn Lyn (Moe), who were two of the young actors in this film that starred in it along with her.
According to legend, the film's original director, Sean MacGregor, spent some time as a patient in a psychiatric ward following his firing from it.
Unknown actress Gail Smale ("Sister Hannah") was alleged to be the film's original director Sean MacGregor's under-aged girlfriend at the time of its production, and her character's nun's habit costume with rose-colored glasses was partially an attempt to conceal her natural albinism. This film remains her only known film credit.
The film was originally released in the U.S. in 1974 by Cinemation Industries and then later on VHS in 1982 by Media Home Entertainment. Code Red then released it both on DVD in 2006 and on Blu-ray in 2016. Finally, Kino Lorber and Code Red
together re-released the Blu-ray version of it in 2021.
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