Quiz

Bernard Herrmann considered his musical score for this movie to have been his best.

Gene Tierney's first approach to the character of Lucy Muir was playful, almost screwball. After a conference between Twentieth Century Fox studio head Darryl F. Zanuck and director Joseph L. Mankiewicz, the first two days of shooting were re-done so that Tierney could give the character more depth. The change resulted in huge critical acclaim for the actress.

The word "muir" means "sea" in Scots Gaelic. Many times sailors are said to have been "married" to the sea, or that the only woman they ever loved was the sea.

Despite being set in London and on the English Coast and having mostly English actors and actresses, this movie was shot entirely in California along the central Pacific coastline.

For the purpose of speeding up production (and keeping to budget) it was decided not to use special photographic effects when Captain Daniel Gregg (Sir Rex Harrison) appeared.