Though it has been common in recent years for films or cable programs featuring graphic language to have words bleeped out when they are shown on a regular broadcast channel or on a more censorious family values network, this was one of the first times where, as a gag in a theatrical release, some of Mickey Shaughnessy's supposedly rough words were indicated by comic bleeps on the soundtrack. In the novel the character's language was also so blue that it was bleeped out on the written page.
Three years earlier Russ Tamblyn and Jeff Richards played two of the Pontipee brothers in Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954).
While Russ Tamblyn was playing the part of Tyson in this movie, the part he will best be known for - Riff in "West Side Story" (1961) - was premiering on Broadway.
Glenn Ford's character's rank is lieutenant junior grade (O-2). In real life before World War II, Ford served in the Coast Guard Reserve. After the war started, he enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps, where he turned down an officer's commission based on his Coast Guard service to avoid the appearance of special treatment. He attained the rank of sergeant before being selected for officer training. After the war ended, Ford switched services and received a commission in the United States Navy, eventually attaining the rank of captain (O-6).