Director Ray Dennis Steckler was having a very hard time casting the lead female part. The actor who played the father, Ted Roter, was on his way to Steckler's offices when he had car trouble and got a ride from a girl, a Sunday school teacher, no less. When the two of them came in together, and Steckler gave Roter the script, Steckler looked at her and exclaimed that his Sinthia had been found.