Debut theatrical feature film of actress Colleen Clifford who played Ettie. She made here her first appearance in a theatrical feature film at the ripe old age of about eighty-four years.
Nearly no sets were constructed for the production as most of the film was shot on location. However, the ferry sinking sequence was required to be shot in a studio in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
The main filming location was ''Babworth House'', a mansion house at Darling Point in Elizabeth Bay in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It was vacant at the time of the shoot according to producer Jill Robb on the film's audio-commentary. She added that all the interiors, exteriors and garden scenes were filmed on location at this site.
One of three major film and television collaborations of actress Robyn Nevin and director Carl Schultz. The productions are the feature films 'Goodbye Paradise'' (1983) and 'Careful, He Might Hear You' (1983) and two episodes of the television mini-series 'The Dismissal' (1983).