Camera hidden under the pants leg to get a shot of the execution was inspired by the clandestine photograph taken at the execution of murderess Ruth Snyder.
This film's earliest documented telecast took place in Bellingham WA Saturday 29 September 1956 on KVOS (Channel 12); it first aired in Boston Wednesday 17 October 1956 on WBZ (Channel 4), in Spokane Friday 16 November 1956 on KREM (Channel 3), in Indianapolis Tuesday 20 November 1956 on WTTV (Channel 10), in Sacramento CA Monday 17 December 1956 on KCRA (Channel 3), in San Francisco Monday 28 January 1957 on KRON (Channel 4), in Chicago Sunday 11 August 1957 on WGN (Channel 9), in Philadelphia Saturday 31 August 1957 on WFIL (Channel 6), and in Phoenix Wednesday 13 November 1957 on KVAR (Channel 12).