Trivia

This Australian feature film has never been released on DVD, Blu-Ray or laserdisc in Australia.

A tagline for the film's source novel 'The Running Man' (1969) by W.A. Harbison on a dust-jacket for one edition read: ''A raw, gritty novel of today's most gritty subject''.

First major role in a theatrical feature film of Australian actor Hugo Weaving.

Australian actor Hugo Weaving received an 'introducing' credit. This was despite the fact that he had appeared in '...Maybe this Time' (1980).

First scriptwriting credit in a theatrical feature film ever for an indigenous Australian Aboriginal person according to the book 'Kicking Down the Doors, a History of Indigenous Filmmaking' by Byron Syron. The screenwriter was Robert Merritt.