According to an interview with Lee Purcell, she was chosen for the main role (to be teamed with Michael Douglas) from among dozens of young girls by Steve McQueen, whose company Solar Productions produced this movie. It is also the only Solar production in which McQueen does not appear.
Jim Morrison was considered for the lead role and even had a meeting with producer Steve McQueen.
Paramount announced a DVD of this film to be released on 7/16/19. It previously announced this title for DVD in 2005, but that release never happened.
Although Steve McQueen is not in this movie produced by Solar, there is a scene in a drive-in where a quick view of the screen in the background, appears the end credits of The Reivers (1969).