Martin quotes lines from Shakespeare's "The Tempest" ("...a sea-change into something rich and strange...") when talking about Nora Lawrence's husband.
Jack Warner was cast against type for this film, as he usually played characters who were more honest and sympathetic.
The scene where Jack Warner has a shave at the barbershop and there's a policeman present, is reminiscent of a similar scene from "I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang."