Film was produced through the Division of Film & Media Arts at Southern Methodist University as a pilot program for what became its recurring summer feature production.
The title of the film was "Double-Dealing" up until three days before production, when a script rewrite rendered that title nonsensical. "All the Wrong Friends" was adopted on the spur-of-the-moment as a working title just before the script went to the printer to make copies for the cast/crew, and the name ended up sticking.