Green chartreuse is a potent French liquer produced by the Carthusian order of monks. The characteristic green color is used to describe vivid greens of its hue.
Based on the play "My Three Angels" by Sam Spewack and Bella Spewack, which opened on Broadway March 11, 1953 at the Morosco Theatre, where it ran for 344 performances. The roles played by Humphrey Bogart, Aldo Ray, and Peter Ustinov were originated on stage, respectively, by Walter Slezak, Darren McGavin, and Jerome Cowan. The roles portrayed by Leo G. Carroll and Joan Bennett were played by Henry Daniell and Joan Chandler.
This was the second time Humphrey Bogart played an escaped convict from Devil's Island. The first was in Passage to Marseille (1944).
We're No Angels (1955) grossed $3 million in the box office. In 1955, it was the 34th highest-grossing film in the U.S./Canada market.
Included among the American Film Institute's 2000 list of the 500 movies nominated for the Top 100 Funniest American Movies.