Peter Kastner again played "Peter" and Julie Biggs again played "Julie" some 20 years later, in the 1984 Canadian film Unfinished Business.
Finnish censorship visa # 75921.
Swedish censorship visa # 105226.
Director Don Owen stated that he was inspired by the direct cinema films of Michel Brault and Gilles Groulx.
Director Don Owen initially wanted to create a half-hour television film about probation officers with occasional dramatization, with a budget of $35,000 for the National Film Board of Canada. After filming started Owen believed that the project could be extended into a feature film and executive producer Tom Daly increased the budget to $75,000 (equivalent to $718,445 in 2023).