Many of the local people of Macclesfield appeared in the movie as extras totaling over two hundred.
The Macclesfield Hotel was adapted to appear as The Railway Arms in the movie. After the shoot, the hotel retained the frieze which had been added to its verandah.
This film was made and released about thirteen years after Hugh Atkinson's source novel 'The Reckoning' was first published in 1965.
Lead Actor John Waters once said of his part in this film, the movie's central character of Rabbit: "I've generally been cast as a heavy criminal or a romantic hero. It's nice to be able to play around with a character with a few hidden levels".
Second theatrical feature film directed by Tom Jeffrey. His first was The Removalists (1975) whilst his third would be The Odd Angry Shot (1979).