Sheilah Graham reported that Ann Sheridan had an infection in one ear during production, and during the final shots of the film, could only be photographed from one side.
Herb Caen, who has an uncredited cameo here as a newspaper reporter, later became one of America's most successful and beloved columnists. His daily San Francisco column (featuring a mix of charming anecdotes, bits of juicy gossip and intentionally groan-inducing puns) ran for decades and eventually garnered him a special Pulitzer Prize.
This film was marketed by Warner Brothers with a campaign very similar to the one that made their Joan Crawford melodrama Mildred Pierce (1945) a big hit. Although this was not as successful, it still turned a profit for the studio.
John Ridgely, who played the patient who died from a heart ailment in Dr. Talbot's office, died unexpectedly from a heart ailment in 1968.
This film's earliest documented telecast took place in Tucson AZ Thursday 16 August 1956 on KDWI (Channel 9); it first aired in Boston MA Sunday 3 February 1957 on WBZ (Channel 4), in Sacramento CA Sunday 10 February 1957 on KCRA (Channel 3), in Portland OR Sunday 3 March 1957 on KLOR (Channel 12), in Salt Lake City UT Wednesday 3 April 1957 on KUTV (Channel 2), and in Indianapolis IN Thursday 4 April 1957 on WTTV (Channel 10).