The title is a play on words: "finnan haddie" is a Scottish dish of smoked haddock.
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; its earliest documented telecast took place in Charlotte NC Friday 27 November 1959 on WSOC (Channel 9); it first aired in Los Angeles Friday 25 March 1960 on KNXT (Channel 2), and in New York City Monday 15 August 1960 on the Movie Museum series of the Late, Late Show on WCBS (Channel 2).
First film of actress Ethel Kenyon.