This film did poorly at the box office for MGM, resulting in a loss of $322,000 ($3.67M in 2021) according to studio records.
In response from preview audiences, MGM ordered three days of additional filming to bolster the love relationship between Elizabeth and Rigby.
MGM paid author Frederick Nebel $10,000 (over $110,000 in 2021) for the rights to his story that appeared in the September 1947 edition of Hearst's International Cosmopolitan magazine.