During the shooting of the movie in England, Sir Sean Connery was confronted by a gun-waving Johnny Stompanato, hoodlum boyfriend of Lana Turner. The jealous hood warned Connery to keep away from Lana. Connery answered by decking Johnny. Shortly thereafter, back in the U.S., Stompanato met his end at the hands of Cheryl, the frightened, butcher-knife-wielding teenage daughter of Lana Turner.
This movie was released four months ahead of schedule to capitalize on the Johnny Stompanato murder.
The fictional village of St. Giles was filmed in two locations. The station the train arrives at is the old station at Looe, whilst the remaining shots are at Polperro, about 8 miles further west, both on the south coast of Cornwall.
Though the opening credits state "Introducing Sean Connery", several movies in which he appeared were released before this one.
Lana Turner said to the director and producer that she would not do this movie unless Glynis Johns was in it.