On this film, Brianne Murphy became the first female cinematographer to shoot a major studio, union picture.
First feature release from Anne Bancroft's husband Mel Brooks' then new production company "Brooksfilms".
This was the first (and last) time that Anne Bancroft ever got to direct a film. Other actors who share this distinction include Jack Lemmon for Kotch (1971), and Dan Aykroyd for Nothing But Trouble (1991).