''The special jet boat was built for [the film's production company] Caruth C. Byrd Productions, Inc. by the Thunderbird Products Corporation" according to a title card in the movie's closing credits.
According to a title card in the movie's closing credits, the "names and characterizations of persons other than Murph the Surf and Allan Kuhn have been changed to protect the innocent".
Many movie posters for the film ran with a long blurb / text preamble that read: ''The True Story of Two Miami Playboys Who Liked the Girls and the Good Life Enough to Turn Con Men and Pull Off the Biggest Job in History! And the Cops Knew It, But Couldn't Do a Thing About It!''.
The movie's opening title cards read [in order]: "This film is based on actual events" and "October 29, 1964"
The 'Allmovie' website states that ''...'Live a Little, Steal a Lot' and 'You Can't Steal Love' were both alternate titles for the fact-based crime caper 'Murph the Surph' [sic, Surf]''.