 The film was screened only five months after the first day of shooting at the 1971 Cannes Film Festival, but was not entered into the main competition.Neither "Doc" nor "The Deadly Trap" had generated much attention, either critically or financially, so Dunaway accepted an offer to star in a movie for television, "The Woman I Love" (1972), in which she portrayed Wallis Simpson.She returned to film in 1973 with Stanley Kramer's drama, "Oklahoma Crude", opposite George C. Scott.