Actress Angel Tompkins was originally considered to play the lead. However, she was allegedly dropped when she insisted on having some creative input on the script.
Then current professional basketball player Sidney Wicks, who appeared in the film as himself, received a 'special appearance' credit.
The movie was the first ever feature film from the Crown International Pictures production house to be broadcast on television in the USA according to an article published in the 14th March 1979 issue of show-business trade-paper 'The Hollywood Reporter'. The picture was planned to first air on the CBS (Columbia Broadcasting System) television network in the spring season of 1979 according to an article published in the 16th January 1979 issue of show-business trade-paper 'Daily Variety'.
First top billed starring role in a theatrical feature film of mostly television actress Cathy Lee Crosby.