Film debut of John Cullum.
The original Broadway production of "All the Way Home" by Tad Mosel opened at the Belasco Theater in New York on November 30, 1960, ran for 333 performances and was nominated for the 1961 Tony Award (New York City) for the Best Play. The play script was the basis of the screen play of this filmed production that included Aline MacMahon, Thomas Chalmers, Georgia Simmons, Lylah Tiffany and Edwin Wolfe who repeated their roles from the stage production.
The play "All the Way Home" won the Pulitzer Prize in Drama in 1961.