One of over 700 Paramount Productions, filmed between 1929 and 1949, which were sold to MCA/Universal in 1958 for television distribution, and have been owned and controlled by Universal ever since. Its earliest documented telecast took place in Seattle Saturday 20 December 1958 on KIRO (Channel 7); it first aired in Minneapolis Monday 6 April 1959 on WTCN (Channel 11), and it immediately became a popular local favorite as it next aired in Asheville 13 April 1959 on WLOS (Channel 13), in Milwaukee 30 April 1959 on WITI (Channel 6), in Phoenix 27 May 1959 on KVAR (Channel 12), in Omaha 7 June 1959 on KETV (Channel 7), in St. Louis 24 October 1959 on KMOX (Channel 4), in Denver 14 November 1959 on KBTV (Channel 9), in Detroit 29 November 1959 on WJBK (Channel 2), in Chicago 10 December 1959 on WBBM (Channel 2), and, finally, in New York City 16 September 1960 on WCBS (Channel 2).
In the film, Douglas Dick plays a character with a terminal illness. In real life, he would outlive co-stars Alan Ladd and Wally Cassell, although the latter passed away only 8 months before Dick in 2015 at age 103, while the former self-destructed at age 50 in 1964. Co-star Veronica Lake would similarly self-destruct in 1973, passing away at age 50.
"Screen Director's Playhouse" broadcast a 30 minute radio adaptation of the movie on July 29, 1949 with Alan Ladd reprising his film role.
Final film of Betty Bryant,
In the film, Alan Ladd plays a pilot. In real life, Veronica Lake became an actual pilot, flying her own plane across country in 1948. One source reported Ladd was afraid of flying.