Screen legend Lillian Gish was 93 when she co-starred in this film, making her the oldest actress ever to feature in a leading role.
According to director Lindsay Anderson, one day he said to Lillian Gish, "Miss Gish, you have just given me a perfect close-up." Bette Davis observed, "She should. She invented 'em."
Final theatrical feature film of actress Ann Sothern before her death on 15th March 2001 at the age of 92.
Final theatrical feature film of actress Lillian Gish before her death on 27th February 1993 at the age of 99, ending her 75 year film career which began with An Unseen Enemy (1912).
The buoy that the filmmakers used as a device to transition from scene to scene was not a real buoy, but a prop that was built specifically for the production. The buoy is now on display outside of the Casco Bay Lines Ferry Terminal in Portland, Maine.