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This movie was intended as a pilot for a TV series of the same name. It was not picked up by NBC; that's the reason for the ambiguous ending that leave the viewer hanging in mid-air.
The Cort estate/house is also the location of the where the vampire (Catherine) hides at the end of episode 4 of the TV series "Kolchak: The Night Stalker" (aired 10/04/1974) - a series that also started out as a Dan Curtis production.
Roy Thinnes would later star as Roger Collins/Reverend Trask in the 1991 revival of Dark Shadows which was produced by Dan Curtis.
When the publisher and his friend board the cable car the passengers facing the camera look at the camera. As it moves on, the passenger at the back rubbernecks at the camera.
Claude Akins and Stanley Adams previously played partners in crime in Rawhide: Incident of the Druid Curse (1960).
"David Norliss: As I headed for the Cort estate along the seventeen mile drive, acres of lush cyprus and tall pine loomed over me. The ocean below bellowed and roared, smashing into the coastline spilling white foam along the sand. There's no doubt this rugged peninsular country could give the French Riviera tough competition. But on this afternoon, my mind really wasn't on the scenery. I kept thinking about the girl who had been murdered the night before, trying to tie what I knew about her into the story Ellen told me. I had a gut hunch the two were connected. How, I don't know. But I was going to have to find out!"
"David Norliss: The morning I drove down from San Francisco, the weather was foul. A curtain of cold rain fell from a gun metal grey sky. I'd set up a meeting with Sheriff Hartley in Carmel to discuss the Ellen Court situation. I didn't expect much cooperation from him but it was worth a try. A way to begin. When I pulled up in front of Hartley's office, the sky had begun to clear and the sun was breaking through. I hoped it was a good omen."
