The film begins with a concert in Plymouth's Kellogg park. Originally, the local high school band was to perform, but the director felt that they sounded too "professional". He opted to use a less-polished small community band instead. In fact, this same band performed at the location every Thursday evening during summer months.
Betsy Baker's debut.
At minute 14, Mike hangs up his jacket in the newspaper office and greets a man sitting at his workstation with the words "Good morning, Sekulovich". It's an in-joke - Karl Malden's birth name was Mladen Sekulovich.