She originally wanted Roman Polanski to direct and Robert Mitchum to star but this proved impossible.
[4] The Australian Film Development Corporation put up half the budget in the form of a two-year loan.
The rest of the money came from Ross Woods Productions, Clearing House, TVW7 and Leon Fink Holdings.
[2] Kate Fitzpatrick and Jacki Weaver repeated their stage performances however Don Crosby and Max Phipps, who played the police, were replaced by Peter Cummins and John Hargreaves.
[citation needed] The studio hosted Michael Powell's Age of Consent and Ted Kotcheff's Wake in Fright among several others.