The houses used for exteriors in this film belonged to director Lloyd Bacon and were located at #3 (Sanford home) and #5 (Carstairs home) Toluca Estates Drive in North Hollywood, CA. A temporary false front was added to #5 to simulate a second story for the Carstairs home. Both houses were rented to the studio at $1.00 each for 30 days.
Aside from appearing as himself in "Starlift" (1951), this would be the last non-Western film Randolph Scott would appear in.
Dean Stockwell stated in a 1995 interview that this film was one of his personal favorites of his childhood acting career, as he much preferred doing comedies.
Helen Walker was originally announced for the role of Polly Walker. Photos of Walker in costume for the film have turned up in recent years.
20th Century Fox paid author Craig Rice (Mrs. Lawrence Lipton in real life) $20,000 for the rights to her book.