Trivia

During downtime whilst shooting the picture, Brad Dexter saved Frank Sinatra from drowning when he dived into the ocean and rescued the floundering singer.

Frank Sinatra's only film as director and his 6th out of nine films as producer.

The title is from John Dryden's poem, "Alexander's Feast", stanza 1: "None but the brave/ deserve the fair."

This movie's closing end coda states: "Nobody Ever Wins."

Richard Sinatra, Frank Sinatra's cousin, appears as Private Roth.