Sonny and Cher sold off all their belongings to finance the film. Sonny recalled that after they completed shooting, the couple returned to their Hollywood mansion which was completely empty inside.
In an interview with Vh1 in the late 1990s, Cher recalled, "Sonny originally wrote a very good script, very different from what we filmed. But once he realized his wife was going to play those strong scenes, he changed his mind and softened what we had."
Filmed in Phoenix, Arizona in 1968, a few places seen in the film still exist there. The restaurant Macayo's is still downtown and is where a man tries to pick her up from his car. Encanto Park doubled as Mexico and St. Mary's Church, which she runs out of, still stands.
In the scene of Eddie's apartment, the Arlo Guthrie album 'Alice's Restaurant' is shown in a very far distance in the living room while Chastity and Eddie are in sitting on the couch in the foreground.