Director Jack Starrett's daughter, Jennifer Starrett, played one of the teenage Roadrunner members ("Lynn").
Melissa Sue Anderson's first notable leading role outside of her "Prairie" girl
image to that of modern day teen who moved away from a town (Fargo, N.D.), like Unsere kleine Farm (1974) to the big city.
Melissa Sue Anderson (titular "Dana"), Jennifer Starrett ("Lynn") and Talia Balsam ("Rona") were the only actual teenagers during this film's production and release.
Talia Balsam, in one of her earliest roles, and Marion Ross appeared in the Happy Days (1974) episodes in Hollywood: Part 1 (1977) (and parts 2 and 3), where Fonzie "Jumps the Shark!"