According to Howard Da Silva in Alan Ladd's biography, Ladd and William Bendix did not talk to each other although they were friends. Between the scenes everyone went their separate ways.
Completed in 1944, but not released until 1946.
"Lux Radio Theater" broadcast a 60 minute radio adaptation of the movie on September 22, 1947 with Alan Ladd reprising his film role.
One of over 700 Paramount Productions, filmed between 1929 and 1949, which were sold to MCA/Universal in 1958 for television distribution, and have been owned and controlled by Universal ever since. Considered to be the centerpiece of the MCA/Paramount Film Library, its initial telecast took place in Omaha Sunday 9 November 1958 on KETV (Channel 7), followed by Chicago Saturday 3 January 1959 when it launched the MCA/Paramount Series on WBBM (Channel 2); next came Philadelphia Tuesday 6 January 1959 on WCAU (Channel 10), Minneapolis 7 January 1959 on WCTN (Channel 11), Seattle 8 January 1959 on KIRO (Channel 7), St. Louis Friday 9 January 1959 on KMOX (Channel 4), and New York CIty 26 January 1959 on WCBS (Channel 2); in Boston it first aired Sunday 8 February 1959 on WBZ (Channel 4), in Phoenix 15 March 1959 on KVAR (Channel 12), in Asheville 5 April 1959 on WLOS (Channel 13), in Denver 17 April 1959 on KBTV (Channel 9), in Grand Rapids 2 August 1959 on WOOD (Channel 8), in Detroit 26 September 1959 on WJBK (Channel 2), in Milwaukee 24 October 1959 on WITI (Channel 6) and in Denver 28 November 1959 on KBTV (Channel 9). It wasn't broadcast until the following year in San Francisco 16 January 1960 on KPIX (Channel 5), in Los Angeles 9 April 1960 on KNXT (Channel 2), and in Pittsburgh 29 July 1960 on KDKA (Channel 2). It was released to DVD as part of the Universal Vault Series 3 in March 2016.
Early in the film, Darryl Hickman's character says his grandfather was a midshipman for John Paul Jones. Thirteen years after this film, director Farrow made his last seagoing saga (of five total) titled "John Paul Jones".