Veronica Cartwright said in interviews and convention appearances that she considers her role of Harlene among her best acting work. She has quoted: "It was such a liberating experience to do that movie and it kicked off a lot of stuff for me. I was a waitress at that time and one day this guy says 'Excuse me, can I ask you a question? Aren't you in that movie Inserts?' and I go, 'yeah' and he says 'what the fuck are you doing here?!' I was earning a living! But I went home that night and thought, what was I doing there? So I quit my job the next day."
Even though the US release was cut by around 18 minutes, apparently none of these edits resulted in the removal of any nudity. The US home video version utilized the uncut 117-minute version which had debuted in Britain.
Neither of the two Transamerica United Artists logos used during the 1970s were featured at the movie's beginning. The old black-and-white UA logo, the first, is displayed at the start of the film instead. This was the one that was used between 1919 and 1967, and was the logo used during the 1930s era when the movie was set.
This motion picture was filmed on a single set as if it was like a five-character, one-act stage play, but the movie was not a filmed adaptation of a theatrical production.