The Secretary of the Navy and his wife are played by retired Washington Post editor Ben Bradlee and his real-life wife, former Post reporter Sally Quinn.
Judy Holliday won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance in the original Comment l'esprit vient aux femmes (1950). In contrast, Melanie Griffith, who plays Billie Dawn in this remake, was nominated for the Razzie Award for Worst Actress. She failed to win, however.
Fred Thompson, who plays Senator Hedges, went on to be elected Senator from Tennessee the following year (1994).
This film was originally intended to be made by Cannon in 1987 with Walter Matthau, Bernadette Peters and Whoopi Goldberg set to star and with a script by Garson Kanin, who developed the original play. The studio's financial troubles killed this version though it was announced at Cannes.
Melanie Griffith and Don Johnson were married in real life at the time of filming.