The film is '' . . . making a statement about the mayhem that can be caused by easy access to weaponry'' according to film critic Vincent Canby in his review published on 20th January 1977 in 'The New York Times'.
Debut English language theatrical feature film of Canadian actress Helen Shaver.
One of the movie's taglines reads: ''A thriller that begins where 'Deliverance' left off''. Karl Williams at 'Allmovie' states that this film is ''derivative of the John Boorman action thriller 'Deliverance' (1972)...'Shoot' also bears some passing similarity to a later . . . film, 'Southern Comfort' (1981).''
Cast members, Henry Silva and Ernest Borgnine, both later appeared in two movies, both Italian-American co-productions, they being 'The Manhunt' (aka 'Cane arrabbiato') (1984) and 'The Last Match' (aka 'L'ultima meta') (1991). Each of these three pictures were made in a different decade.
Second and final filmed production collaboration of screenwriter Dick Berg and source novelist Douglas Fairbairn. This cinema movie reunited Berg and Fairbairn after about fourteen years. Berg had produced a TV adaptation of a Fairbairn novella which was the one hour program 'The Voice of Charlie Pont' (1962)' which was broadcast as part of the 'Alcoa Premiere' (1961-1963) anthology television series [See: The Voice of Charlie Pont (1962)]. The episode, which aired on the ABC (American Broadcast System) network, had won 6 Emmy Awards, and had starred Robert Redford in a supporting role.