The film is considered ahead of its time in exploiting true feminism. It also championed gay marriage, had a male character that was the equivalent of a dumb blond, showed several men naked from the back, and featured a non-stereotypical Asian and African-American actors in its cast.
The top four female leads in this film all appeared in Playboy Magazine, three on the cover. Victoria Vetri was the Playmate for September 1967 (using the name Angela Dorian) and the Playmate of the Year 1968, appearing on the cover of the May 1968 issue. Claudia Jennings was the Playmate for November 1969 and Playmate of the Year 1970, appearing on the June 1970 cover. She also appeared on the November 1974 cover. As part of the promotion for the film "Pretty Maids All in A Row" Aimee Eccles appeared in the pictorial "Roger Vadim's Pretty Maids" in the April 1971 issue. Jayne Kennedy appeared in a pictorial (not fully nude) in the July 1981 issue, including the cover, promoting the film "Body and Soul".
John Sebastian of the rock group The Lovin' Spoonful wrote and performed the title song.
Director Stephanie Rothman said in an interview that she included male nudity in this because she was "tired of the whole tradition in western art in which women are always presented nude and men aren't." She then added, "one group of people presenting another in a vulnerable, weaker, more servile position is always distorted."