According to Angela Lansbury's authorized biography, this movie was filmed in an abandoned supermarket near Yucca and Franklin Streets in Los Angeles. Lansbury and her husband Peter Shaw were at a low financial point in their marriage and they needed the money. After the film was finished, she applied for unemployment insurance.
The film was made the same year that Raymond Burr auditioned for the role of Perry Mason.
This is one of Lamont Johnson's last movies as an actor before becoming a full-time director.
The prosecuting attorney states that Joe Leeds was worth $750,000 at the time of his death. That amount adjusts to $8,613,498 in 2023.