According to British columnist Philip Bradford, writing in 1959, star and co-producer Douglas Fairbanks Jr approached Leo Genn (then a professional lawyer who was starting an acting career) to become legal advisor for the film's trial scene: "Fairbanks later decided to have Genn write the sequence, and finally persuaded him to appear in the role of [a] barrister."
This film's earliest documented telecasts took place in Los Angeles Wednesday 16 November 1949 on KTSL (Channel 2), in New York City Tuesday 13 December 1949 on WABD (Channel 5), in Atlanta Wednesday 18 January 1950 on WSB (Channel 8), in Chicago Sunday 22 January 1950 on WGN (Channel 9), and in Boston Sunday 19 February 1950 on WBZ (Channel 4).
Mary Kerridge's debut.
The film was given a "B" rating by the National Legion of Decency - morally objectionable in part for all.