Andy Griffith received an Emmy nomination for Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or a Special for his portrayal of Ash Robinson. It marked the only Emmy nomination in his entire career.
The events were captured in a bestselling 1976 book called "Blood and Money," written by Thomas Thompson.
The woman he had an affair with Ann Kurth, feared for her life moved to hide in lived in Lago Vista near Austin, TX. Mike Sims grew up in Lago Vista knowing her son Glen and watched the TV movie seeing various classmates and residents of Lago in the movie.
A TV movie for the NBC network.