The address that Edwina gives when she calls the police was Ginger Rogers' real-life address: 1605 Gilcrest.
The exterior shots of the Oxley Chemical Co. office building where Barnaby works was actually the Executive Building on the 20th Century Fox studio lot. It is now known as the Old Executive Building.
The off-screen voice during the opening credits is director Howard Hawks.
The official premiere was on September 2, 1952 at the Stanley Theater in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Marilyn Monroe was on hand as she was already in town to be the Grand Marshal for the Labor Day parade festivities.