The character Van Johnson plays is supposed to be in his mid-20s, but Johnson was 43 when the film appeared.
This movie was released in the UK under the title "Beyond this Place", the name of the best-selling novel by A.J. Cronin on which it was based. However, in America, it was feebly re-titled "Web Of Evidence" - surprisingly, as the book had also sold well in America, so much so that it had already been adapted under its proper title for American television. This was a prestige live drama presentation directed by Sidney Lumet and starring Farley Granger and Shelley Winters, and it was televised in America about eighteen months before this film was released.
Van Johnson was only 8 years younger than. Bernard Lee who played his father.