To help Keir Dullea and Elizabeth Ashley feel comfortable in the shower scene, where they both appear naked, director Peter Pearson took off his clothes as well, and climbed into the shower with them.
Shot in Delisle, Saskatchewan.
First nude scene for Dayle Haddon. A few months before, she was featured fully nude in the April 1973 issue of Playboy right after starring in The World's Greatest Athlete (1973) for Disney. The pictorial and her role in Paperback Hero angered Disney executives who had wanted to feature her in other films so they withdrew their offer. Haddon didn't care because she wasn't interested in family-friendly roles. She flew to Europe in 1974 and starred in several R-rated movies where she was naked in all of them.
Elizabeth Ashley's only career nude scene.
Won three awards at the Canadian Film Awards in 1973: Film Editing, Overall Sound, and Cinematography