Lola Albright and co--star Herschel Bernardi had previously supported Craig Stevens in Blake Edwards' PETER GUNN, which often featured the sultry Albright coolly singing jazz standards.
It was reported in 1961 that Burton Wohl's novel was only written after the subject-matter had been activated as a movie project. The film-makers were initially unable to raise sufficient money on the basis of the script and it was thought that this might be more readily forthcoming if the story first existed as a sensational work of fiction. So it was.
Although the Scott Marlowe character is supposed to be a naive teenager, the actor was in his late twenties when he made this film.
Jana Taylor's debut.
Dee Gee Green's debut.