All of the following cast received 'special appearance' credits: Robert Menzies, Bryan Dawe, John Hargreaves, Max Gillies, Wendy Hughes, and Pamela Rabe.
One of five feature films made in South Australia which were written and/or directed by Australian auteur Paul Cox. The pictures are: 'Innocence' (2000), 'Human Touch' (2004), 'Lust and Revenge' (1996), the 'Winners' series episode tele-movie short feature 'The Paper Boy' (1985), and the documentary feature 'The Diaries of Vaslav Nijinsky' (2001). He also later directed the feature documentary 'Paul Cox directs the Diary of Nijinsky' (2014) which was about the making of the latter.
A number of the cast had worked on previous film(s) of writer-director Paul Cox. These included Wendy Hughes, Claudia Karvan, John Hargreaves, Chris Haywood, Robert Menzies, Max Gillies, Victoria Eagger, Norman Kaye, and Gosia Dobrowolska.
The film was produced with the assistance of the South Australian Film Corporation.
One of six feature film collaborations of director Paul Cox and actor Robert Menzies. The films are: 'Cactus' (1986), 'Innocence' (2000), 'Golden Braid' (1990), 'Man of Flowers' (1983), 'Lust and Revenge' (1996), and 'The Nun and the Bandit' (1992).