Frances Farmer's former close friend Ida Lupino was close to optioning the book "Will There Really Be a Morning?" for filming.
Charles Bronson had bought the rights in the mid -70's for his wife Jill Ireland to star in.
The Frances Farmer autobiography this TV-movie is based on was sensationalized (in order to facilitate a movie sale) and ghostwritten by Farmer's late-in-life friend Jeanira Ratcliffe.