When Jackie Robinson gets a draft notice in the mail, he doesn't explicitly say what it is. He only says it begins with the word "Greetings". In 1950 audiences would have remembered that World War II draft notices began that way. It was a popular source of dark humor at the time.
According to TCM, none of the major studios showed interest in the film, so it was produced by the independent Jewel Pictures. This apparently was the only film Jewel produced.
On April 19, 2005, 20th Century Fox and Legend Films released a colorized version of the film, donating a portion of the proceeds to the Jackie Robinson Foundation, a charity that benefits education for gifted students.
During an era of Jim Crow, this is one of the first movies to confront the issue of racial segregation and racism.