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The failure of the original copyright holder to renew the film's copyright resulted in it falling into public domain, meaning that virtually anyone could duplicate and sell a VHS/DVD copy of the film. Therefore, many of the versions of this film available on the market are either severely (and usually badly) edited and/or of extremely poor quality, having been duped from second- or third-generation (or more) copies of the film. The version shown on Prime Video is of better quality than one shown on cable television, specifically FMC or the Family Movie Classics channel.
The film features cameos by numerous Hollywood stars, such as Henry Fonda (a waiter at the Blue Angel), Marsha Hunt (a secretary), Burgess Meredith (a bartender who joins Malloy for a drink), and John Garfield (a man outside Agostini's building).
Marlene Dietrich has a cameo as a guest at the Blue Angel nightclub. One of Dietrich's most famous films is The Blue Angel.
Barbara says her previous cat was called Hadrian VII. This is a reference to the extremely eccentric novel Hadrian VII, by Frederick Rolfe, about an Englishman who becomes Pope and reforms the Church.
The main actors, Franchot Tone and Jean Wallace, were married in real life.
"Howard Malloy: Barbara was alive when I passed out. You must have come in here... Sigmund Kosterich aka Siggy: No! Why would I have waited for you to awaken if I did? Howard Malloy: Your fingerprints are on this gun. Sigmund Kosterich aka Siggy: And so are yours. Howard Malloy: Yeah, but I know I didn't kill her."
"Charles Riggs: You know, I was born in this city, Howard. In our block, we had guys from practically every race and religion you ever hear of... and a couple you didn't. But we got along pretty well. Howard Malloy: Well, that's the way it ought to be. Charles Riggs: In our block, nobody cared what country your parents came from or where they went to church. Nobody called you a nasty name... until you were taught there were nasty names and some people were supposed to be called by them -Micks, Polacks, Wops, Limies, Spics, Hunties. Howard Malloy: That's part of our history. America always has to melt away the differences between people. Charles Riggs: Sure and most always you don't understand *why* they're supposed to be different. They're just somebody else's say so, somebody else's influence. Now we got people around who want to make people hate each other, be afraid of each other, just so they can make money out of it. I don't like that."
