According to studio records, this film failed at the box office, resulting in a loss to MGM of $1,462,000 ($12.1M in 2017).
As an example of the negative reviews this picture received upon its release, Bosley Crowther of the New York Times stated the producer, Aaron Rosenberg, should have burned the film.
Pete Stratton's car is a 1960 Chrysler New Yorker convertible. Only five hundred fifty-six were made. In excellent condition in 2020, this car could be worth $70,000, and possibly a lot more.
Production was halted for about five weeks in early 1960 due to strikes by the Screen Actors Guild and the Writers Guild of America. The two unions wanted a cut of the money the studios were making from selling film rights to television. Vénus au vison (1960), another MGM film in production at the time, was also halted.