Former "Our Gang" child star Scotty Beckett makes his final theatrical film appearance as a medic who helps Ross get hooked on morphine. Sadly, Beckett himself would die of a drug overdose ten years after this film was released.
Though it was based on his autobiography and he was a consultant to the film, Barney Ross disavowed this movie, calling it "garbage."
Barney Ross is the name of Sly Stallone's character from the Expendables movies
In the UK, this film had a West End opening at the Odeon Marble Arch from June 27th 1957 for three weeks, but went on general release on the Gaumont circuit from July 21st as the bottom half of a double bill with The Bachelor Party (1957)