One of the lobby cards for this film shows George Burns in a deleted scene visiting Tower Records at 8801 Sunset Boulevard in West Hollywood in Los Angelese, California, USA.
The name of the group that Bill Grant ([link= George Burns)'s poker playing buddies called themselves was the "No Shirts Gang". This is because they were all ex-magicians and had to play with their shirts off so nobody could cheat.
Reportedly, actress Brooke Shields's salary for her role as Kate was apparently US $250,000 plus a percentage of the profits according to a contract filed with the Los Angeles Superior Court of California, USA being reported in an article published in the 15th November 1978 issue of 'The Los Angeles Times' newspaper.
George Burns plays a retired vaudevillian in this film as he had recently done in Die Sunny-Boys (1975). Burns had been having a career comeback with the comedy film Die Sunny-Boys (1975) which was his first feature film appearance since World War II. In Die Sunny-Boys (1975), he played faded vaudevillian Al Lewis, who has a difficult relationship with his former partner Willy Clark (Walter Matthau). The role was met with critical success and Burns won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. At age 80, Burns was the oldest Oscar winner at the time. His record was broken by Jessica Tandy for 'Driving Miss Daisy' (1989).
One of four cinema movies that then rising star Brooke Shields was seen in during the year 1979. The four films are 'Tilt' (1979), 'Wanda Nevada' (1979), 'Just You and Me, Kid' (1979) and 'An Almost Perfect Affair' (1979).