Filmed in 1984 as a made-for-television movie but not released until three years later when it debuted as a theatrical feature film.
Final theatrically released film of actress Ruth Gordon who played Mrs. Arkwright.
The entire canon of fourteen Appleton Porter spy comedy novels by author Marc Lovell are as follows [in order]: The Spy Game (1980) ; The Spy With His Head In The Clouds (1982) ;
Spy On The Run (1982) ;
Apple Spy In The Sky (1983) ;
Apple To The Core (1983) ;
How Green Was My Apple (1984) ;
The Only Good Apple In A Barrel Of Spies (1984) ;
The Spy Who Got His Feet Wet (1985) ;
Good Spies Don't Grow On Trees (1986) ;
The Spy Who Barked In The Night (1986) ;
The Spy Who Fell Off The Back Of The Bus (1988) ;
The Great Big Trenchcoat In The Sky (1988) ;
Ethel And The Naked Spy (1989) ; and
Comfort Me With Spies (1990).
The movie's source 'Apple Spy in the Sky' (1983) novel by novelist Marc Lovell is one installment in a series of fourteen books featuring a bumbling British spy called "Appleton Porter".