William Wellman said that Anne Baxter hated Gregory Peck on the set, but he never explained why. He warned Peck that Baxter would hurt him if they had to fight each other.
Lauren Bacall was meant to play the female lead, but Warner Brothers wouldn't lend her out.
Shakespeare's play "The Tempest" influenced the plot and characters. Director William Wellman said in the book, "The Men Who Made the Movies," that he had no idea of the connection.