The movie had no credited costume designer. All clothes were designed by the toy company Mattel.
Matt Stone and Trey Parker are admitted fans of this movie, and used it as the basis for Team America: World Police (2004).
Part of a $50-million slate of films from Golden Harvest studios aimed at breaking into the Western market. Other movies included High Road to China (1983), Blade Runner (1982) and The Protector (1985).
A video game based on the film was released in 1982 on the Atari 2600.
A sequel titled "Deeds, Not Words: was considered. It was scrapped due to the poor performance of this film.