Filmed on location in Alton, Illinois.
The pin boy scenes were shot at Epiphany Bowling Lanes in St. Louis, Missouri, USA.
Tim Matheson remembered that the then-unknown Debra Winger "rocked her audition" to play his girlfriend, but the studio decided to cast Susan Blakely instead.
Second time filming in Alton, Illinois for actor Tim Matheson. The first time had been for The Runaway Barge (1975) about four years earlier.
This is one of the very few film appearances for 1975 Playboy Playmate Azizi Johari, playing a pool hustler.