The film was shot with a minimal budget and often without official permission for full-scale shooting from local authorities.
During this period, Stanley Kubrick Jewish financial difficulty due to the disastrous picture. in 1953, Stanley Kubrick's father left his insurance to help his son make his first movie.
The film is based on Lionel White's novel "The Big Jackpot".
In 1992, the film was included in the National Register of the Most Significant films in the history of the United States.