This film was first telecast in Chicago Friday 15 March 1957 on WBBM (Channel 2), followed by Los Angeles Tuesday 19 March 1957 on KTTV (Channel 11); it first aired in Altoona PA 18 April 1957 on WFBG (Channel 10), in Philadelphia 13 June 1957 on WFIL (Channel 6), in Minneapolis 11 August 1957 on KMGM (Channel 9), in Honolulu 28 August 1957 on KHVH (Channel 13), in Seattle 25 November 1957 on KING (Channel 5), in Portland 5 December 1957 on KGW (Channel 8), in San Francisco 28 January 1958 on KGO (Channel 7) and in Tampa 29 January 1958 on WFLA (Channel 8); but in New York City its earliest documented airing did not take place until 19 July 1962 on WCBS (Channel 2).
Several cast members in studio records/casting call lists did not appear or were not identifiable in the movie. These were (with their character names, if any): Hank Mann (Watchman), Martin Faust (Hoodlum), Frank Bruno (Hoodlum), Ernie Adams, Frank Marlowe, Ray Cooke and Nick Copeland.
MGM production number 979.
The working title of the picture was "To the Victor."