Daddy's Dyin'... Who's Got the Will?

The majority of the movie was filmed in the MT Cole home place on the Cole Ranch. The house was built and occupied by MT Cole and his wife "Mammy" Cole. In the end credits, the film is dedicated to "Mammy" Cole, who passed away during filming and never got to see the movie.

In the scene where Marlene is pushing the station wagon because she ran the battery down listening to the radio, this couldn't have been done except in a car with manual transmission. The 1975 Pontiac Safari was only available with a 3-speed automatic so jump starting it by pushing would not have been possible.

Featured in The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson: Judge Reinhold/Rondell Sheridan/Rita Rudner (1990)