This film was a hit at the box office, earning RKO a profit of $673,000 (over $12.6M in 2024) according to studio records.
RKO borrowed Victor Mature from Twentieth Century-Fox for this film.
Film debut of Marcy McGuire at age 16. She was signed to a contract with RKO based on her success in this picture.
This film's earliest documented telecast took place in Salt Lake City Sunday 3 June 1956 on KUTV (Channel 2); it first aired in Altoona Saturday 16 June 1956 on WFBG (Channel 10), in San Francisco Friday 3 August 1956 on KPIX (Channel 5), in Binghamton Saturday 4 August 1956 on WNBF (Channel 12), in Fort Worth Monday 3 September 1956, launching the RKO Radio Pictures Library on WBAP (Channel 5), in Philadelphia Saturday 15 September 1956 on WFIL (Channel 6), in Wilkes-Barre Friday 28 September 1956 on WILK (Channel 34), in Cleveland Monday 1 October 1956 on KYW (Channel 3), in New York City Wednesday 3 October 1956 on WRCA (Channel 4), in New Haven Thursday 8 November 1956 on WNHC (Channel 8), in Pittsburgh Friday 23 November 1956 on KDKA (Channel 2), and in Washington DC Friday 14 December 1956 on WTTG (Channel 5).