The $15,000 prize for the bridge tournament would equate to about $340,000 in 2024.
This film's earliest documented telecast took place in Honolulu Monday 13 May 1957 on KHVH (Channel 13); it first aired in Altoona PA 3 June 1957 on WFBG (Channel 10), in Chicago 17 June 1957 on WBBM (Channel 2), in Los Angeles 25 June 1957 on KTTV (Channel 11), in Seattle 15 July 1957 on KING (Channel 5), in Portland OR 31 July 1957 on KGW (Channel 8), in Omaha 7 August 1957 on WOW (Channel 6), in Norfolk VA 9 October 1957 on WTAR (Channel 3), in Hartford CT 7 December 1957 on WHCT (Channel 18), in Tampa 9 December 1957 on WFLA (Channel 8), in Philadelphia 2 January 1958 on WFIL (Channel 6), followed by San Francisco 16 November 1958 on KGO (Channel 7) and, finally by New York City 3 June 1961 on WCBS (Channel 2).