Originial production opened at the Bijou Theater in New York on May 2, 1957 and ran for 68 performances. This production opened at the Morosco Theater on December 29, 1973 and ran for 313 performances winning six Tonies.
Jason Robards plays James Tyrone, Jr., a role he also played in the original 1958 Broadway production and 1962 film version of Eugene O'Neill's Long Day's Journey Into Night (1962).
This production was filmed on a soundstage at KTLA-TV 5800 Sunset Blvd, Los Angeles.
The film takes place in September 1923.