First time that a remake of Little Miss Marker (1934) was remade under its original title, as the two previous versions were not called "Little Miss Marker". This movie was the fourth version of Damon Runyon's "Little Miss Marker" story. The earlier movies were Little Miss Marker (1934), Sorrowful Jones (1949), and 40 Pounds of Trouble (1962).
Tony Curtis co-starred in this remake of the Damon Runyon story which has been made four times. Curtis did not play the Sorrowful Jones character in this movie, but he did in the previous version, 40 Pounds of Trouble (1962), where the character was named "Steve McCluskey".
The only acting credit of Sara Stimson, who played the title role. She was nominated for Best Female Young Artist in a Major Motion Picture Award at the 1981 Family Entertainment Awards, but lost to Diane Lane for Touched by Love (1980).
"The New York Times" reported that Screenwriter Walter Bernstein was able to negotiate a deal to direct this movie as a condition for Universal Pictures being able to acquire his screenplay from his assignment to write the script.