It was expected that Lee Majors was to break into theatrical roles beginning with this film. However, it is believed that with the films poor box office performance, along with his wife having an affair while he was away filming, Major's decided to stay in television and never returned to movies as a headlining star.
The film takes place in 2011.
The operations room in the film, was inspired by the war room seen in Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964).
The car was a Chevron modified with body shells of a 1972 Porsche 917/10, popularly used to win the 1972 Can-Am Cup, given by the disproportionate look of the body to the real car (driver, passenger and steering wheel should not tower over the car nor the roll hoop).
It was during the production of this film, that Ryan O'Neal and Majors' then wife Farrah Fawcett-Majors began their long on again off again relationship. Majors was contractually obligated to be on location filming in Canada, while tabloids were printing updates on O'Neal's and Fawcett's affair.