Actor Dennis Holmes, who played Susan Hayward's son in the film, told Barbara Nichols' biographer that Susan Hayward refused to speak to him either before or after a take. She would only talk to him when they were actually shooting a scene. Marsha Hunt said Hayward did the same thing to her during the filming of "Smash-Up, the Story of a Woman" in 1947.
Stephen Boyd started work on this role very soon after completing his breakthrough role as Messala in "Ben Hur", although that film was not released until some six months after this one.
The author of the book on which this movie was based, John Mantley, was a first cousin of Mary Pickford.
Features Oscar winner Susan Hayward and nominee Theodore Bikel.