In pre-production, a promo reel for the film was made by Peter Rader with assistance from Peter Jensen. The promo reel featured different child actors playing David & Lynn. The promo reel can be found on The Films of Nico Mastorakis Part 4 documentary.
Brinke Stevens added grey streaks to her hair for the audition process. At the time she'd only played youthful characters. She dyed her hair to convince the producers she was capable of playing a mother.
This was Peter Rader's first film.