The town of Nowra is where Archer was from, it's about 2 hours south of Sydney on the New South Wales south coast.
Actor Brett Climo received an identifying head credit during the opening credits whilst during the closing credits he is billed as "Robert Climo".
This tele-movie and Emoh Ruo (1985) were the first feature films directed by Australian director and filmmaker Denny Lawrence.
The title of this Australian tele-movie was changed from ''Archer'' to ''Archer's Adventure'' for its home video release on videotape in the USA.
The racing scenes for this Australian tele-movie were filmed in early August 1985 ''at Kemps Creek in Sydney's south-west at the end of shoot'' according to the 'Oz Movies' website.