Producer Daniel M. Angel was able to persuade Bette Davis to come to Britain to make this film by obtaining the services of her frequent Hollywood collaborator, Irving Rapper, as director. However, he claimed she treated Rapper very badly throughout filming and barely paid any attention to his direction; nor was she polite to the English actors and crew.
Bette Davis and Gary Merrill were married when they made this film, one of three features they made together.
Co-Produced by Douglas Fairbanks Jr., who co-starred with Bette Davis in Parachute Jumper (1933) while still married to her rival, Joan Crawford.
According to Bette Davis, Emlyn Williams was prevailed upon to rewrite a great deal of the dialogue, although neither he nor Davis felt that it was enough to save it.
The house used in this film is owned by the UK National Trust (as of 2016) and has been known as the Malham Tarm Field Studies Center since 1947. It and the surrounding countryside are used by students for the study of geography, geology and biology.