Director Cameo: [Alfred Hitchcock] crossing the top of a staircase during the opening credits.
In the original play, the priest was hung. This scene had to be eliminated and replaced with another scene to avoid the wrath of the censor.
Walking through the town, priest Logan pass in front of a cinema which is showing The Enforcer (1951).
In his interview with François Truffaut, Alfred Hitchcock said he was so impressed with the performance of Anita Björk in Fröken Julie (1951) that he hired her for this movie. However, when she arrived in Hollywood, Bjork brought her lover, writer Stig Dagerman, and their baby daughter. Since they were not married, Warner Bros. insisted that Hitchcock find another actress for the role of Ruth Grandfort, in this case Anne Baxter.
In the 1953 French-dubbed version, the Montgomery Clift character is called 'Marcel' instead of 'Michael'.