Actor Robert Bettles had an accident during filming. Bettles fell off a pony on the second day of shooting and was hesitant to ride it again.
This movie was the first full-length Disney film to be shot in Australia. This fact was prominently mentioned on the Australian movie poster.
This movie was made and released about only two years after its source novel "A Sporting Proposition" by James Aldridge was first published in 1973.
This picture was filmed around October and November 1974.