Corman approached Ashley to make the film after the success of
The Big Doll House (1971), which had been shot in the Philippines. That film's director,
Jack Hill, wrote the first draft of the script. Ashley later said that Corman paid for the
above-the-line costs while he paid for the
below-the-line costs. Ashley said that the film was originally called
Women for Sale. Its budget was estimated as . Filming on
The Woman Hunt overlapped with Ashley's
Beyond Atlantis. ==See also==