[1] Valerii and screenwriter Massimo De Rita started developing a few ideas and had three story outlines for the film.

[4] Valerii saw a newspaper on Gori's desk about a wealthy Italian industrialist who moved abroad in fear of being kidnapped.

[4] Valerii cast Fabio Testi in the role after he had been in a few films (Blood River and Red Coat) that did poorly in the box office.

[4] Valerii stated that the film's script was written quickly with a lot of dialogue being re-written in the editing room to "rescue" a few scenes.

[5] The film was a great box office success in Italy, where it grossed a total of 1,846,285,530 Italian lire.