This cinema released movie was originally planned to be made for television telemovie but was made for theatrical release due to the success of Colleen McCullough's The Thorn Birds (1983) and to the novelist's general popularity in the 1980s because of this mini-series.
Authoress Colleen McCullough described her 'An Indecent Obsession' source novel to this film as "My book, 'Indecent Obsession', was about duty" and she also once described it as a "whodunnit".
This was the third film based on a novel by Australian author Colleen McCullough after Tim (1979) and The Thorn Birds (1983).
The psychiatric ward of the medical camp in this movie is known as Ward X but it is colloquially known as Troppo Ward.
Feature film directorial debut of actor-director Lex Marinos who predominantly had worked in theatre and television.