Первый фильм с Авой Гарднер,и еще один с Ланкастером.



Author of the original short story Ernest Hemingway liked the film.
Prior to its release, producer Mark Hellinger sent publicity man Al Horwits to Sun Valley, Idaho, to give Hemingway a private screening.
Hemingway had a pint of gin in one pocket of his overcoat and a pint of water in the other so that he could sip from them if the film got bad.
After the screening, Hemingway held up the full bottles, grinned and said "Didn't need 'em".

This was Burt Lancaster's first important movie role.
He was the third choice for the part of The Swede, and was signed only after actors Wayne Morris and Sonny Tufts proved unavailable.
Lancaster was an ex-circus acrobat from Union City, New Jersey.
When producer Mark Hellinger saw the first rushes of Lancaster's performance in a private screening room, he was so pleased that he yelled
"So help me, may all my actors be acrobats!" Warner Bros. producer Mark Hellinger cast the unknown Burt Lancaster in his first movie. It made Lancaster a star.