This film was a hit at the box office, earning RKO a profit of $673,000 according to studio records.
Film debut of Marcy McGuire at age 16. She was signed to a contract with RKO based on her success in this picture.
This film's earliest documented telecast took place in Salt Lake City Sunday 3 June 1956 on KUTV (Channel 2); it first aired in Altoona Saturday 16 June 1956 on WFBG (Channel 10), in San Francisco Friday 3 August 1956 on KPIX (Channel 5), in Binghamton Saturday 4 August 1956 on WNBF (Channel 12), in Fort Worth Monday 3 September 1956, launching the RKO Radio Pictures Library on WBAP (Channel 5), in Philadelphia Saturday 15 September 1956 on WFIL (Channel 6), in Wilkes-Barre Friday 28 September 1956 on WILK (Channel 34), in Cleveland Monday 1 October 1956 on KYW (Channel 3), in New York City Wednesday 3 October 1956 on WRCA (Channel 4), in New Haven Thursday 8 November 1956 on WNHC (Channel 8), in Pittsburgh Friday 23 November 1956 on KDKA (Channel 2), and in Washington DC Friday 14 December 1956 on WTTG (Channel 5).
RKO borrowed Victor Mature from Twentieth Century-Fox for this film.