Pal Joey

This is one of Frank Sinatra's few post-From Here to Eternity (1953) movies in which he did not receive top billing, which surprisingly went to Rita Hayworth. Sinatra was, by that time, a bigger star, and his title role was predominant. When asked about the billing, Sinatra replied, "Ladies first." He was also quoted as saying that, as it was a Columbia film, Hayworth should have top billing because, "For years, she WAS Columbia Pictures", and that with regard to being billed "between" Hayworth and Kim Novak, "That's a sandwich I don't mind being stuck in the middle of." As Columbia's biggest star, Hayworth had been top billed in every film since Cover Girl (1944), but her tenure was soon to end with They Came to Cordura (1959).

In the opening scene, Joey is escorted onto a train leaving town. Spengler's Fish Grotto is visible in the background, placing this in W Berkeley (though the police car reads "Gold City.") The train is headed north. Next, we see Joey exiting the train heading towards the "Ferry to SF" which would've been one of the Oakland stations, which is just a few minutes South of Berkeley.