The original film elements are considered lost. The best surviving element is an analog one-inch broadcast tape held in the Sony Pictures archive made for television broadcast.
Released as a Blu ray with extras including commentary by director Lindsey Vickers by BFI on 11 July 2022.
Originally conceived as a made for TV thriller. This changed in the early days of pre production once the budget increased after an investor came aboard and injected a considerable amount of money into the production. The film was then intended for a theatrical release in 1981:but had a hard time finding a distributor. It ended up being released onto home video instead by a minor label and also had a couple of TV airings in the UK in the 1980s. After that the film dropped into obscurity and the film print disappeared. When the BFI wanted to release it onto dvd over thirty years later they unable to find the negative or any film copy, with the only known version being an ancient and worn VHS copy salvaged from a charity shop some years previously. However, through a series of acquisitions, Sony Pictures had a much better than quality broadcast quality video copy discovered in their archives in 2021 and this is the version that was made available on DVD by the BFI the following year.
The film received its first public screening at BAFTA, London on 22 October 1981 to a specially invited audience.
Filmed in 1980, this film sat on the shelf for over a year whilst the producers tried and failed to find a distributor for a widespread cinema release. Instead it ended up going straight to video rental in 1982.