Director Alfred Hitchcock was so impressed with this film that as a result director Robert Altman was hired to direct episodes of Hitch's television series Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955) and gave Altman more television work over the ensuing 1960s decade.
Press-kits encouraged theater management to hire local teens to stand in front of the theater with signs of protest saying "not all of todays youths are like The Delinquents".
For the party scene in the mansion, director Robert Altman rented an old house in Kansas City, Missouri. Once all extras were assembled in the house, Altman instructed them to act like they were having the wildest party of their lives, while he moved the camera from room to room. The extras didn't know when the camera was going, they were just having a wild party.
Debut theatrical feature film directed by director Robert Altman.
Debut credited theatrical feature film of actor Richard Bakalyan who played Eddy and who had previously appeared uncredited in the motion picture 'Attila' (1954).