Suzanne Pleshette once told Johnny Carson during an interview on The Tonight Show that this was the worst movie she felt she had ever done.
The on-screen epilogue is taken from Alexander Pope's "Epistle II --- To a Lady --- Of the Characters of Women" (1735):
"Wise Wretch! with Pleasures too refin'd to please,
With too much Spirit to be e'er at ease,
With too much Quickness ever to be taught,
With too much Thinking to have common Thought:
You purchase Pain with all that Joy can give,
And die of nothing but a Rage to live."
According to pre-production publicity, Anne Bancroft was originally sought for the role eventually played by Suzanne Pleshette.