The film was originally made-for-TV, produced for the Disney anthology series; it was released to theaters instead.
This was released the same year that Jenny Agutter (Amy Medford) starred alongside David Naughton in An American Werewolf in London (1981). The previous year, Brian Frishman (Mervin Grimes) costarred with Naughton in Disney's Midnight Madness (1980).
The 110th Live-Action film produced by Disney.