The screenplay was mistakenly nominated for an Academy Award for Best Story when the Academy nominating committee confused this title with the Bing Crosby - Grace Kelly - Frank Sinatra musical, High Society (1956), released the following year. The story writers of this picture, Edward Bernds and Elwood Ullman, graciously declined the nomination.
The 37th of 48 Bowery Boys movies released from 1946 to 1958.