A scene in which a group of children tar-and-feather another child was excluded from the final print at the request of the PCA.
Ethel Barrymore gets third billing, but she does not appear until 10 minutes from the end of the film.
Based on the novel of the same name by Theodore Strauss which was serialized in Hearst's International Cosmopolitan magazine in August and September of 1946.
Garson Kanin intended to produce the story as a vehicle for John Garfield while John Farrow wanted to produce it as a vehicle for Alan Ladd.
