Movie posters and home video slicks prominently featured actress Jodie Foster even though she only had a relatively small role in this movie.
The picture was often considered to be the quality of a tele-movie made for television according to numerous film critics and movie reviewers.
Cinematographer Harry Stradling Jr. is billed in the movie's credits as just "Harry Stradling" without the junior suffix.
The picture was selected to have its World Premiere as being the Opening Night Film at at the Denver International Film Festival in Colorado, USA in May 1982 according to an article published in the 19th April 1982 edition of show-business trade-paper 'Daily Variety'.
An article published in the 9th June 1981 edition of show-business trade-paper 'Daily Variety' reported that actress Jodie Foster had completed her scenes for the film.