Thom based his screenplay on an unproduced stage play of the same title that he had written several years earlier as a vehicle for his wife, actress Janice Rule.

The film was produced by Sam Katzman's Four Leaf Productions and distributed by American International Pictures.

[1][2][3] The overweight, emotionally troubled daughter of an affluent but brittle Hollywood couple becomes involved with a charismatic rock singer and his friends.

[3][9] The part of the daughter was played by Holly Near, who had not planned to be a film actress but was invited to audition after appearing at an awards event.

"I got the part because I was beautiful and because I was fat," recalled Near in her memoir, adding that Thom had asked her to gain weight for the role.