The $20,000 needed to continue Dr. Pecke's research equates to about $330,000 in 2022.
This film received its initial television broadcast in Los Angeles Monday 25 November 1957 on KTTV (Channel 11), followed by San Francisco 31 January 1958 on KGO (Channel 7), Philadelphia 9 April 1958 on WFIL (Channel 6), and, finally, New York City 25 March 1960 on WCBS (Channel 2).
According to a contemporary studio publicity piece, William Frawley was originally cast as Mason, before the role went to Chester Clute.