Wissenswertes

Third and final collaboration between Dana Andrews and director Jacques Tourneur, who were good friends in real life. The first was the Western, Feuer am Horizont (1946), followed by the horror classic Der Fluch des Dämonen (1957) (Night of the Demon).

A contemporary review of this picture noted it was the first film to deal with government lobbyists and their use of "doctored" polls to influence public policy.

Part of Kino Lorber's Sixth Film Noir Box Set along with Chicago vertraulich (1957) starring Brian Keith and Dick Foran (the villain in this movie) and The Boss (1956) starring John Payne. Although political corruption is not mentioned on the box set itself, it does define all three movies, all of which are regarded as not genuine noir films, but with noir elements.

The aircraft Alan Eaton is depicted as flying in to Washington, D.C. and is shown landing at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport is a TWA Lockheed Starliner, model L-1649A, registration N7319C, made in 1957. It stayed with TWA flying passengers until 1966 when it was converted to a freighter and then was scrapped in 1968.

Lorraine's car is a 1958 Edsel Corsair 4-door hardtop.