This movie was made and released about fifty-three years after the first and original 'Fatty Finn' movie, The Kid Stakes (1927).
The Kid Stakes (1927), the other 'Fatty Finn' film, was the last ever Australian silent feature film of the silent film period.
Ben Oxenbould and Pal the dog became so close during production filming that he was allowed to keep him after the shoot wrapped.
The December 1980 / January 1981 edition of Australian 'Movie News' magazine reported that this film was "the first of six films planned by the Children's Film Corporation to provide classic Australian material for family audiences".
First of two Australian family / children's comic-strip movies made during the early 1980s. The second was Ginger Meggs (1982).