The film was entirely shot on location in New York City.The exploitational film was initially released in mid-December of 1977 with an R-rating, but then to make the film available to younger audiences and also for television, the dark film was re-edited (mostly by editing out six minutes of footage) and released with a PG rating in March of 1979, without the coarse language and explicit sex scenes (such as Stephanie""s attempted rape and he topless dancer)." Katie comments on Rose""s use of the telephone - a new invention:Personally, I wouldn""t marry a man who proposed to me over an invention.Prosperity""s just around the corner.Mike (Pat Flaherty): Yeah.It""s been there a long time.I wish I knew which corner.Well Duke, I""m gonna turn in.Bon soir.Godfrey Smith/Parke (William Powell), a hobo who lives in the city dump, is unshaven and scruffy and dressed in tattered clothes - an old hat and coat.Walter: But that""s the idea.Phyllis: The other day, a casing line snapped and caught the foreman.He""s in the hospital with a broken back.Walter: That""s bad.Phyllis: It""s got me jittery just thinking about it.Suppose something like that happened to my husband.Walter: It could.Phyllis: Well, don""t you think he ought to have accident insurance?Walter: Hmm, mmm.Phyllis: What kind of insurance could he have?Walter: Oh, enough to cover doctors and hospital bills, say a hundred and twenty-five a week cash benefit, and you rate around a fifty housand capital sum.