The Production Code office rejected the script in January 1950, objecting to the words "sex maniac", "sex fiend", "rape", and "rapist". These were removed from the screenplay and the PCA approved the film on February 8, 1950 allowing the production to commence 12 days later.
The first of several films from RKO co-produced by The Filmakers, a production company run by Ida Lupino, her husband Collier Young, and their partner Malvin Wald.
In 2020, the film was selected for preservation in the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".
Ida Lupino discussed the film with Eleanor Roosevelt on the radio.
American Film Institute Catalog of Feature Films 1941-1950 claims Tod Andrews made his screen debut in this film; in fact, he has fourteen previous credits, as Michael Ames, while under contract to Warner Bros.