Robert Taylor fell in love with Lana Turner on the set of the film and asked his wife Barbara Stanwyck for a divorce, although Turner was not in love with him and tried to discourage him from doing so.
Johnny Eager's car is a 1938 Cadillac; Jimmy Courtney (Robert Sterling) drives a 1941 Lincoln Continental convertible.
This film was hugely popular at the box office earning MGM a profit of $1,110,000 ($17.5M in 2018) according to studio records.