- Enforced Method Acting: In a classic case of a director being emotionally manipulative, John Huston informed Claire Trevor (Gaye) that they were to film her song that very day. Trevor was not a trained singer, and had not even rehearsed the song yet. She also felt very intimidated by the A-list actors seated directly in front of her. The result was a hesitant, nervous, uncomfortable rendition, exactly the feeling Huston was hoping to get.
- Those Two Actors: This was Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall's final film together. They would have a radio show together, and they did a version of The Petrified Forest for television in the fifties, but contract problems and Bogart's illness and death prevented them from working on another film together.
- Written-In Infirmity: Lionel Barrymore was severely disabled by arthritis (clearly visible in his hands) and was confined to a wheelchair, making the scene in which he gets up and falls taking a swing at Toots more than a dramatic moment.
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