Trivia

Nell Potts, who plays Rachel as a young girl, is actually Joanne Woodward and Paul Newman's daughter.

Paul Newman personally asked Jim Morrison to write a song for this movie, but it didn't work out.

Based on the 1966 novel "A Jest of God" by Margaret Laurence.

Paul Newman's directorial debut.

The production was a small-scale budget but eventually emerged as a moneymaker.