Filmed in the summer of 1955 but not released until 1957, in order to cash in on the sudden fame of Jayne Mansfield.
Producer Louis W. Kellman cast the relatively unknown Jayne Mansfield as Gladden after seeing the normally jaded and unflappable film crew's overheated reaction to her on the set of Pete Kelly's Blues (1955).
The boat Queenie is a 1929 38-foot Elco cruiser which is still in existence in Hyde Park, NY, attached to the Manotick Classic Boat Club.
Producer Louis W. Kellman had difficulty finding a buyer for the film. Finally, Columbia Pictures chief Harry Cohn said that he would do Kellman a favor and take it off his hands if the film's director, Paul Wendkos, was part of the deal.
Dan Durya was 50 when this film was shot, although his character is twice described as 35 years old.