After the film's success in the Carolinas - North Carolina and South Carolina - General Film Distributors picked up the distribution rights to distribute the movie in further American states such as Georgia, Florida, Alabama and Tennessee.
The movie was filmed in two American states of the USA: North Carolina and South Carolina.
This American movie is an example of a ''Hicksploitation'' genre film.
The movie did garnered strong box-office grosses when it opened in the Carolinas - North Carolina and South Carolina - according to the 13th May 1974 edition of trade publication 'Box'.
The ''Barefoot County'' of the movie's title and setting in the picture is a fictional place and does not exist in real life. In the film's story, it is situated in North Carolina, USA.