The movie about 1930s mining in Australia was partially filmed at a real-life and now disused and defunct mine in Wonthaggi, Gippsland in the state of Victoria in Australia.
Debut theatrical feature film of Richard Lowenstein as a director, as a producer, and as a screen-writer.
This cinema movie was originally conceived as a fifty minute dramatized documentary called "The Sunbeam Shaft" but the project developed into a a full length feature film.
The film is based on the novel "Dead Men Don't Dig Coal" by Wendy Lowenstein who was the mother of the film's director Richard Lowenstein.
One of two 1984 productions about strike action starring Australian actor Chris Haywood, the other being Waterfront (1984). Strikebound (1984) is about striking miners whereas Waterfront (1984) is about striking dockyard workers.
