The film was made the same year that Raymond Burr auditioned for the role of Perry Mason.
According to Angela Lansbury's authorized biography, this movie was filmed in an abandoned supermarket near Yucca and Franklin Streets in Los Angeles. Lansbury and her husband Peter Shaw were at a low financial point in their marriage and they needed the money. After the film was finished, she applied for unemployment insurance.
This is one of Lamont Johnson's last movies as an actor before becoming a full-time director.
The $750,000 that Myra inherits in 1956 is worth nearly $8.7 million in 2024. The $100,000 that Myra offers Craig is worth nearly $1.2 million.