In an interview published in the New York Times on 20 December 1993, director Anthony Harvey said that during filming of this movie, Bette Davis "absolutely took a dislike to Faye Dunaway... I would line them up for a two-shot," he said, "then look through the camera, and I couldn't see Bette." Each time, Davis had inched her chair away to evade a tete-a-tete with the younger Dunaway.
This movie was filmed in Denver, Colorado. Scenes were filmed at the Denver County Court House and at a local church. The extras used in those scenes were local Denver citizens who received a box lunch but no actual pay.
Bette Davis hated Faye Dunaway. A few years later, Dunaway would famously play another of Bette's rivals - Joan Crawford in "Mommie Dearest".