Final of three Australian tele-movies directed by Australian film director Michael Thornhill. The others were 'Harvest of Hate' (1979) and 'Who Killed Baby Azaria?' (1983).
Director Michael Thornhill's earlier picture 'The FJ Holden' (1977) is seen at one point playing on television.
Indian Pacific Films Pty Ltd, Sydney Australia produced the film for the copyright owners according to this tele-movie's closing credits.
International distributor Central Television UK in development provided the production a distribution guarantee of US $250,000.
This Australian tele-movie was inspired by the Great Bookie Robbery. Other Australian productions which this heist was the inspiration for include the feature film 'The Hard Word'(2002), the tele-movie 'Underbelly: A Tale of Two Cities', and the mini-series 'The Great Bookie Robbery' (1986), the latter which debuted in the same 1986 year as 'Robbery'(1986).
John Doyle: The actor and television celebrity, who plays Roy Slaven from 'Roy and H.G.', as a training exercise man.
Michael Thornhill: The director as a reporter in a press pack who asks: "Give us a story Pete, or I'll make one up".