The picture was marketed on the director Roger Vadim's ability to launch new sex symbols onto the big screen, as he had done previously with Brigitte Bardot, Jane Fonda and Catherine Deneuve (the first two he had been married to and the latter had a relationship with). However, the introduction of Pickett here was not as significant as the others.
Debut theatrical feature and breakthrough film role of actress Cindy Pickett. Pickett was thirty-two years of age when she starred in this movie.
Composer John Barry's second score for Golden Harvest Productions, the first having been for Game of Death (1978).
Cindy Pickett's debut in a sexually charged role that found her doing a numerous amount of nude scenes. Although the film didn't boost Pickett's career at the time, she doesn't regret the opportunity. "I got to travel to the Philippines and work with an international crew. Remember, I was still fresh from Texas, college, and regional theatre. Growing up in the theatre I was not shy about my body. How many times did we have to all dress in the same dressing room!? Modesty does not belong in the arts."
Director Roger Vadim described this movie as "a psychological thriller with erotic overtones". The movie was Vadim's fourth film made in America.