Though set and filmed in Australia, the homestead seen in the film was designed retaining its English country-house appeal that existed in the source England-set 'End Play' novel.
This movie was actor John Waters' first of five theatrical films in three years. The others were The Rollicking Adventures of Eliza Fraser (1976), Summerfield (1977), The Getting of Wisdom (1978) and Weekend of Shadows (1978).