Based on the 1970 novel "Bless the Beasts and the Children" by Glendon Swarthout.
Teft's hat is a cap from the German Afrika Korps in World War 2 - the famous unit under General Rommel in North Africa.
Bruce Glover is the father of actor Crispin Glover and he played Mr.Wint in Diamonds Are Forever (1971).