Paramount claimed the set to recreate San Francisco's Portsmouth Square was the largest ever built. Seven acres of a hilltop were leveled and graded, and 32 buildings were erected.
Assistant propman Jack Leys accidentally shot himself when he reached into the prop chest for a gun.
One of over 700 Paramount productions, filmed between 1929 and 1949, which were sold to MCA/Universal in 1958 for television distribution, and have been owned and controlled by Universal ever since; withheld until 1960 in order to protect the 1958 theatrical re-release, its earliest documented telecasts took place in Omaha Thursday 3 March 1960 on KETV (Channel 7) and in both Minneapolis and Charlotte NC on Friday 4 March 1960 on WTCN (Channel 11) and on WSOC (Channel 9). It was released on DVD 24 November 2015 as part of the Universal Vault Series.
The Paramount Ranch in Agoura was the ___location for the construction of the San Francisco sets.