The night before the Las Vegas premiere of this film, Jane Russell's husband Robert Waterfield attacked her, beating her in the face. The next morning her face was swollen and black and blue. RKO executives didn't want to cancel the premiere and she appeared at the festivities with a severely swollen and bruised face. A story was given to the press that the intense windstorm the night before slammed an open car door into her face. Despite the believable story, a "Newsweek" blurb hinted at the actual truth.
The helicopter Andrews uses for the chase is a Bell 47G. It was the first helicopter certified for civilian use. Introduced in 1946, it was built until 1974 and over 5,600 of all variants were made. The military version was known as the H-13 Sioux.
The actor who played the helicopter pilot, Toby Riggs, appears to have been omitted from the cast list.
Andrews' police car No. 3 is a 1951 Dodge Coronet.
When Victor Mature enters the casino at The Fabulous and first sees Jane Russell, the band in the background is playing "Five Little Miles from San Berdoo". This is the song that Russell sang the previous year in His Kind of Woman (1951).