The boxing scene was written by Jerry Lewis, who demanded an extra $50,000 for it, which he then donated to the Muscular Dystrophy Association.
One of the first small roles of James Dean. He has an uncredited part as the boxing opponent's second.
This was the fifth film collaboration of Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis, who made 16 movies together before their partnership ended.
When Corinne Calvet shows disdain for the advances of the sailors in the nightclub, the manager mentions that she was enamored with the club's former crooner who sang "Moonlight Becomes You," and suggests that Dean Martin's character's singing style might be a successful substitute. "Moonlight Becomes You" was a Bing Crosby standard, and Martin consciously tried to imitate Crosby early in his career.
The film is an adaption of a 1933 Kenyon Nicholson play of the same name.
Betty Hutton: in the first scene, portraying the girl Dean Martin leaves behind before joining the Navy.