Disney's marketing department added a small sticker to the film's poster saying "All New!" possibly due to the fact that people thought this was just a re-release (which The Walt Disney Company was well known for during the '70s, '80s and' 90s) of the original film La banda delle frittelle di mele (1975). Posters exist both with and without the sticker.
Third and final of three theatrical feature film collaborations of actor Don Knotts and director Vincent McEveety. The movies are in order: Uno strano campione di football (1976), Herbie al rally di Montecarlo (1977) and La banda delle frittelle di mele colpisce ancora (1979). All of these flicks were from the Walt Disney Productions movie studio.
Tim Conway and Don Knotts reprise their roles from La banda delle frittelle di mele (1975). Harry Morgan was also in the cast of that previous movie, but in the role of the Sheriff. Here, Morgan plays Major Gaskill,