Lana Turner wears jewelry in this film reportedly worth over $1.1M at the time (nearly $11M in 2022).
This was based on a 1947 Broadway play, but in the film all of the characters' names have been changed.
This marked the third and final on-screen teaming of Sandra Dee and John Saxon. Over 30 years later they would co-star in the play "Love Letters".
Producer Ross Hunter cast Anna May Wong in her first theatrical feature film since 1949. He had planned to cast her in a key role in his upcoming film version of "Flower Drum Song" (1961) but she suffered a fatal heart attack before principle photography began. She was only 56 years old.