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 Simbad, o Marujo (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.