The film was the third and final on-screen pairing of real life husband and wife Gary Merrill and Bette Davis. The other two pictures are All About Eve (1950) and Another Man's Poison (1951).
Broadway actress Beatrice Straight made her screen debut in this film.
Producer-screenwriter Nunnally Johnson originally wanted to cast Lauren Bacall as Binky Gay, but she was unavailable.
"Lux Radio Theater" broadcast a 60-minute radio adaptation of the movie on
January 5, 1953, with Shelley Winters and Gary Merrill reprising their film roles.