This film stars the then young two sons of the film's director Tim Burstall, Dan Burstall and Tom Burstall. Both sons went on to work in the Australian Film industry.
This film was inspired by two classic family/childrens' movies, the Little Fugitive (1953) and The Red Balloon (1956) [The Red Balloon].
This film's original budget of £200 [Australian] blew-out to £600 [Australian] and then finally the budget at time of theatrical release had ballooned to £6000 [Australian].