Produced for three million two hundred nine thousand dollars, this was R.K.O. Pictures' biggest flop of 1947, losing one million thirty-five thousand dollars.
Maureen O'Hara was originally to play the female lead in this movie. R.K.O. producers, however, assigned her to make Sinbad, the Sailor (1947) and cast Laraine Day instead.
James Agee's review of this movie included one of the most famous critical quotes of all time: "Several tons of dynamite are set off in this film, none of it under the right people."
This was the most expensive movie produced by R.K.O. Pictures to date.