Parts of the film were shot in
Salt Lake City, Utah.
Get Smart co-creators
Mel Brooks and
Buck Henry had no involvement in the film.
Don Adams and
Robert Karvelas as Larrabee were the only cast members from the original TV series to reprise their roles for the film.
Edward Platt, the original Chief, died in 1974; the Chief in the film is portrayed by
Dana Elcar.
Eugene Roche was first cast as the Chief, but he fell ill and was replaced by Elcar.
Barbara Feldon did not return as Agent 99 from the TV series nor is the character mentioned; Feldon claimed that she was unaware of the film's production and was not asked to reprise the role, surmising that producers wanted to pair Smart with younger women. This fact, taking into account that Max and 99 were married and had two children in the original series, meant that the script had very little continuity from
Get Smart. Maxwell Smart (Adams)'s agency, called CONTROL in the TV series, was called PITS in this film, an acronym standing for "Provisional Intelligence Tactical Service".
Sylvia Kristel, at the time known for her appearances in the
Emmanuelle erotic film series, makes a brief appearance as Agent 34, with
Andrea Howard as Agent 22 (in a role similar to Agent 99) and
Vittorio Gassman playing the
Ernst Stavro Blofeld-like villain Norman Saint-Sauvage.
Joey Forman, who played Harry Hoo in the TV series, was recast as Agent 13.
Pamela Hensley, who was then known to science fiction fans for playing Princess Ardala in
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century, appeared as Agent 36. In spite of the title, the film was given a PG rating because there was no frontal
nudity in the film; in the opening theme sequence, a title card reads: "Would you believe... a film called
The Nude Bomb would get a
PG rating". (The
PG-13 rating was not created until 1984.) There are five times in the film where the bomb is detonated, but in each case the actors cover up their private areas with strategically placed briefcases by Soviet officials or guns by
Buckingham Palace guards or are shown only from the waist up. In one case, members of a football team are in a huddle when a bomb detonates, revealing bare behinds of some of the players. In the final scene, the three stars of the film are rendered nude by fallout from the destruction of all the bombs at the enemy headquarters, but are seen from the backsides from a distance, and then with a "The End" caption covering each of their backsides. ==Release and Reception==