"Stop" was unreleased but had screenings at museums and film societies until 2020.
STOP received some publicity at the time for being the second major-studio production helmed by an African-American director, after Gordon Parks' THE LEARNING TREE (1969).
The film was slapped with an X rating, heavily re-edited against writer/director Bill Gunn's wishes and eventually shelved by the studio. Star Marlene Clark said during an interview in 2000, "Being involved in a situation like that is extremely frustrating because there really is nothing you can do about it. You can't affect any change or any kind of decisions. So mentally and emotionally, you just have to put it away."