Trivia: Edward Binns plays Mr. Frye, the father of Gid Frye (Anthony Perkins). In real life, Binns was only sixteen years older than Perkins.
Trivia: Sissy Spacek was the film's set dresser.
Trivia: Adam Faith limps in stardust as he was injured in a car accident shortly before filming, but this fitted his character Mike, as Mike exited the prequel "that'll be the day" when he was beaten up by thugs although Mike was played by Ringo Starr in that film.
Trivia: The producers were originally considering Walter Brennan to play Grandpa Steinmetz as the lead character. But since he was unable to work due to ill health, they cast Helen Hayes as Grandma Steinmetz instead.
Trivia: Despite playing mother and son, Cosette Lee was only fourteen years older than Roberts Blossom.
Trivia: In the opening scene, Alice - a young girl - lives on a farm with her parents/grandparents, and her mother/grandmother, standing at the back door, calls Alice in for dinner, and the voice has to belong to Ellen Burstyn. When Alice grows up, she is played by Ellen Burstyn.