This was Richard Long's final film appearance. He died at the age of 47 two months after this was broadcast due to a congenital heart problem.
One of the first films to be shot on the newly opened and renovated R.M.S Queen Mary Hotel/Museum in Long Beach, California. The ship has been used as a stand in for productions requiring a passenger ship to be used.
Premiered as an ABC "Movie of the Week" but also aired as an installment of the late-night "Wide World of Mystery" series on July 16, 1975.