Adapted for the screen from a Studio One in Hollywood segment of the same name
for which Sal Mineo was nominated for an Emmy for the title role a year earlier.
When they're nailing up the sign for the big dance, they're nailing it to a brick wall.
Final film of actress Mary Carr .
In April 1957, this film was distributed on a double bill at many drive-in theaters with Omar Khayyam (1957) starring Cornel Wilde.
The role of Shirley was expanded for this film. The character is given a lot more of a storyline than she had in the original teleplay.