The movie was originally scheduled for release in the Summer season of 1985 on 9th August but ended up being pushed back to November that year. An article published in the 16th July 1985 edition of show-business trade-paper 'The Hollywood Reporter' stated that the opening was deferred from its initial designated time with the film's 9th August 1985 release date being exchanged with another of the studio's pictures, 'Key Exchange' (1985).
The movie's closing credits declare that this picture was: "Filmed entirely on location in Spain".
The movie was made and first released about eight years after its source book "Calling Dr. Horowitz" by Neil Offen and Steven Horowitz MD had been first published in 1977.
The film's source book "Calling Dr. Horowitz" (1977) by Neil Offen and Dr. Steven Horowitz MD features a chapter about Horowitz's experiences at a foreign medical school which formed the basis for this motion picture.
Production of this picture moved from Mexico to Spain due to "exorbitant union demands" according to an article published in the 31st March 1985 issue of 'The Los Angeles Times' newspaper.