 The film starred real-life husband and wife team Christopher George (of TV's "The Rat Patrol") and Lynda Day George (of TV's ""), Edmund Purdom, Spaghetti Western star Frank Braña, and Paul L. Smith ("Bluto" of Robert Altman's "Popeye").The original film was first released in Spain on August 23, 1982.It opened in the United States the following year in Los Angeles on October 14, 1983.