Originally planned as the first in a series of contemporary portraits of the Ten Commandments, but after the second film Thou Shalt Not Kill (1982), the project was abandoned.
The golf course and locations were scheduled for filming in Hawaii until the teamsters struck the production company; whereupon, the entire cast and crew returned to LA. The Ojai Golf and Country Club replaced the Hawaiian Golf Course; the hotel suite filmed at the Ojai Country Club was duplicated on a Paramount Sound Stage to film intimate bedroom night scenes; Studio City residential homes and streets were filmed for additional locations, which were scouted and selected after returning the company from Hawaii.
Identical Twin brothers, Hub Braden, located on the West Coast, and twin John Braden, were Art Directors on the project. Hub Braden had previously art directed a film with Delbert Mann. When prepping the film, Hub brought his brother from New York City to help him, since he would be overlapping another project. This was the third time they shared Art Director credit. The first project they shared an art director credit was an ABC-TV Don Rickles Special in 1969 taped at the Talmadge Prospect Hollywood lot. John later joined ABC New York, as staff designer, with the News Division, taking on the Art Director position with "Good Morning America". During this project, John used his ABC vacation time to work on the Hawaii golf course location filming. While John was in Hawaii, Hub was prepping sets at Paramount Studios, where interiors were to be filmed. Edgar J. Sherak would not accept the Hawaii Teamsters Union demands, pulling the film crew and cast back to Los Angeles.
The Mercedes convertible used in the film was the personal car of S. Bryan Hickox. Saving the production the cost of a rental, he later regretted allowing filming using his car, because of the camera mounting frames denting the car's surface. Picture cars were not provided free to film companies, usually costing expensive daily rates. Bryan never got the fine auto's dents removed nor pounded out, nor a paint job.
Noreen Hennessey's debut.
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