Trivia

This was Jack Carson's final theatrical released film before his death on January 2, 1963 at the age of 52.

Tim Rooney (Young Johnny Burke) was the son of Mickey Rooney (Johnny Burke).

The real Arnold Rothstein was short and fat. David Janssen was neither.

Dean Martin was considered for the lead.

At the poker game, the talk of the World Series and Chicago alludes to the "Black Sox" scandal of 1919, in which several Chicago White Sox players were accused (but legally acquitted) of having been paid to throw the Series; the operation was bankrolled in part by Arnold Rothstein.