The Scottish group Danny Wilson named themselves after the main character and also named their first album Meet Danny Wilson in 1987.
Modern sources state that Sinatra fought with Shelley Winters throughout the filming of the picture. They were so much at odds that at one point Winters actually struck Sinatra - but he did not retaliate.
This film was not a box office success until it was re-released after From Here to Eternity (1953) when Sinatra won an Oscar.