The film stars three real-life married acting couples. They were couple Geraldine Page and Rip Torn ; couple Anne Jackson and Eli Wallach ; and couple Anne Meara and Jerry Stiller.
The film features three Oscar (Academy Award) winners - Glenda Jackson, Geraldine Page and Sandy Dennis - and three Oscar (Academy Award) nominees - Melina Mercouri, Edith Evans and Rip Torn.
This film's source novel and this resultant feature film are considered to be allegories for the mid-1970s Watergate scandal. Eight of the main characters are representative of the Watergate conspirators and various cabinet members of the Nixon Administration of President Nixon.