Interviewed a few years later, Jason Robards claimed that this was "the worst film ever made."
Charlton Heston turned down the lead.
Susan Kohner, who played the "bad" girl in "Imitation of Life," is the "good" girl here -as compared to Yvonne Craig, who went from being the false accuser in this film to Batgirl in the "Batman" television series.
George Hamilton and Susan Kohner were romantically involved during filming, and as of May 2025, are the only major cast members still living.
19th July 1961, TWA began showing in-flight movies on a regular basis. This film kicked off the program and became the first movie screened in-flight by an airline on a regularly scheduled flight, seen by first class passengers on a Boeing 707 between New York and Los Angeles. The first intercontinental in-flight movie was Come September (1961). But for the very first in-flight movie see The Lost World (1925).