The film never had a theatrical release in the USA despite having an American lead co-star (Charlie Schlatter) from that country.
Producer Joseph Janni and director John Schlesinger had earlier tried to make a film adaptation of the source novel 'The Delinquents' (1962) in 1963 which was only the following year after the book had been first published.
The later Kylie Minogue music video 'Tears on My Pillow' (1990) is inter-cut with film clips from this movie.
This motion picture's opening title card reads: ''Bundaberg, Australia 1957''.