First lead starring role in a theatrical feature film of Guyanese-British actress Letitia Wright.
The name of the juvenile delinquency home was ''Alpha House''.
The film's director Michael Caton-Jones described the film as ''a sort of Ken Loach musical''.
The production shoot on this picture ran for about twenty-eight days.
The filming schedule was so intense that thirteen or more scenes a day could be shot.