The color, make and model of the car that Black Belt Jones Jim Kelly drives is a yellow and black 1971 Jensen Interceptor Mk III. This is a hand-made British import powered by a 440 c.i. Chrysler engine.
Director Robert Clouse was deaf and was reliant on his assistant directors to hear the dialogue and verify that it had been delivered effectively as was done on his other pictures.
Actress Gloria Hendry had recently starred as the Bond Girl ''Rosie'' in the James Bond film 'Live and Let Die' (1973). This picture debuted in the same year as the next Bond movie 'The Man with the Golden Gun' (1974).
A studio press release from Warner Bros., Inc. announced that the movie's lead cast members Jim Kelly and Gloria Hendry would be travelling across the states to promote the picture on separate cross-country tours of the USA. Their destinations included Miami, New York, Chicago, Atlanta, Columbus, Baltimore, New Orleans and Philadelphia.
Show-business trade-paper 'Variety' reported that ''...'Black Belt Jones' re-teams the Enter the Dragon (1973) producing team and director Robert Clouse, also Jim Kelly, this time heading the cast.''