Basil Appleby was originally meant to be producer but financiers Filmco did not want him to do the job and Malcolm Smith did it.
[1] There was a two-week rehearsal period in which actors rewrote dialogue and treated Harmon badly.
[5] Three weeks into the seven-week shoot the completion guarantors saw the footage and suggested Harmon be fired but the producer refused.
[6] A report in October 1982 about the film's failure to receive any AFI nominations called the movie "well handled".
[7] The Dark Room was delegated to home video and was not seen on TV until 1989 as a Monday night movie at 8.30pm.