Randy Peterson, the stuntman who doubled for Sam Rockwell in the dive off the bridge early in the film, performed the stunt a total of six times - five times completely naked, and once wearing briefs (in case an alternative shot would be needed for a US TV version). The bridge (in Louisville, Kentucky, USA) was 30 feet high and the water around nine feet deep.
The Rank Organization's last film and so the final time their famous gong man is to be seen introducing a movie.
Film debut of Mischa Barton. She was already twelve years old by the time of the film's US release, but even younger during filming.