The film was shot in 1958 and released in 1963. According to producer Jack Pollexfen, the production company that made it went bankrupt about halfway through shooting, leaving no money to finish it. They tried fixing it in the editing room over the next few years, but that turned out to be impossible to do.
Producer Jack Pollexfen fired director Joseph V. Mascelli and finished directing the picture, uncredited.
This film was shot in 10 days.
Although he had directed and shot films in the military, this was the only director's credit on a civilian feature film for Joseph V. Mascelli. He is best remembered for his book "The Five C's of Cinematography," which, more than 60 years later (2025), has never gone out of print and is regarded both as a classic, and one of the most important texts, on cinematography.
The uncredited narrator is Bradford Dillman. He is the younger brother of Dean Dillman Jr., one of the film's writers.