First credited role for Jean Jeannings and last mainstream film. She went into adult hardcore movies after this.
It is a dark comic fantasy about a Vietnam War survivor's romantic flights of fancy, as he remembers the 12 women he has been with. It was partially based on writer/director William Sachs' first-hand experiences with wounded soldiers from when he'd been an Air Force medic.
Made for just $40,000. William Sachs said a lot of it was just for the 35 mm film stock, as they made deals with the lab, equipment rental, and the crew to work for much less than normal.
It was entered into the 24th Berlin International Film Festival, where it polarized audiences due to its subject. But during the screening, there were people protesting American films by shouting and turning the light in the auditorium on and off. A judge told William Sachs later that the film should have won a Golden Bear award but didn't because the jury was worried about the public reaction to a winning film being so controversial. They gave it to a Canadian film, The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz (1974), instead.
The film has been considered lost since it was first released. The only known copy as of 2011 was a sub-quality tape that director William Sachs himself owned.