Extensive searches for a print of the film had been unsuccessful for many years. Sources had claimed that it was unreleased and/or uncompleted, despite it having a paper trail of promotional material. On April 1st, 2024, the YouTube channel FT Depot posted a fully scanned print of the film that had been discovered in a deteriorating state, making it available for the first time in 50 years.
The producers claimed that, spurred by the success of The Hustler (1961), many filmmakers approached Minnesota Fats, (real name Minnesota Fats), to make "THE Pool Movie", but the famous pool hustler always declined because ha had never found a realistic script, until he saw the one for The Player (1971).
Minnesota Fats' real name is Rudolf Wanderone Jr.