Director Mario Caiano began work on Shadow of Illusion right after his film Love Birds – Una strana voglia d'amare.

[3] William Berger was shooting La colomba non deva volare in Egypt at the time and got in contact to star in the film.

[2] Caiano said the original lead for the film was Luciana Paluzzi while Giordano insists the actress was Gianna Serra.

[2] While filming in the desert, the crew had to be escorted by soldiers who would turn of the lights in case of air raids.

[1] The film has been released as Shadow of Illusion on what Curti described as a "badly panned-and-scanned English-language copy of a Japanese laserdisc".