Jane Green's debut.
When Dr. Gillespie (Lionel Barrymore) is looking at his mail at the beginning of the film, one envelope is addressed to "Dr. L.B. Gillespie" using Barrymore's own initials (though his character's first name was Leonard, a middle name is not mentioned).
This film received its initial television showing in Chicago Wednesday 19 June 1957 on WBBM (Channel 2); it first aired in Miami 30 June 1957 on WCKT (Channel 7), in Philadelphia 5 August 1957 on WFIL (Channel 6), in Tucson 4 November 1957 on KVOA (Channel 4), in New York City 11 October 1957 on WCBS (Channel 2), in Nashville 27 October 1957 on WLAC (Channel 5), in Los Angeles 7 November 1957 on KTTV (Channel 11), in Hartford CT 14 January 1958 on WHCT (Channel 18), in Norfolk VA 11 February 1958 on WTAR (Channel 3), and in San Francisco 12 June 1958 on KGO (Channel 7). It finally found its way to Seattle 17 April 1959 on KING (Channel 5), and to Minneapolis 22 June 1959 on KMSP (Channel 9).