The film was originally made-for-TV, produced for the Disney anthology series; it was released to theaters instead.
The 110th Live-Action film produced by Disney.
This was released the same year that Jenny Agutter (Amy Medford) starred alongside David Naughton in Le Loup-garou de Londres (1981). The previous year, Brian Frishman (Mervin Grimes) costarred with Naughton in Disney's Une nuit folle, folle (1980).