'Producer Pat Lovell secured the film's eventual $2.8 million budget from Greater Union, a consortium of businessmen, and - in a coup that made the film possible - a new company, Associated R & R Films, backed by Rupert Murdoch and Robert Stigwood.'
Source: Shirley, Graham. 'Patricia Lovell'. Australian Screen. http://aso.gov.au/people/Patricia_Lovell/portrait/ Sighted 09/03/12.