This picture was one of fifty Australian films selected for preservation as part of the National Film and Sound Archive of Australia's Kodak / Atlab Cinema Collection Restoration Project.
This film is considered an "Ozploitation" (Australian exploitation) picture according to the Australian DVD slick which boasts a graphic stating the movie is part of a series of "Ozploitation Classics".
Actress Janet Scrivener received an 'introducing' credit.
The period of principal photography on this picture ran for about eight weeks during July and August 1981.
The movie's star and lead actor, Ray Barratt,once said of his character and screenwriter Bob Ellis: "Bob is a great observer, and when I finally read the script, I thought "You bugger; you've observed Barrett!" But I didn't mind. I was flattered because Stacey is a living person. He is a failure, really, but a loveable failure; a kind man at heart. Yet everything's slipped by him and he hasn't achieved the things he's wanted to. The character relates to a lot of people, including myself. Bob's put the finger on it. He's brilliant."