The pleasure steamboat Julia Belle Swain of Peoria, Illinois was refitted to look like an 1850s riverboat to appear in the film.
Versatile actor Luke Riley was quite popular on the New stage and New York based Soap Opera's in contract roles on One Life to Live, Another World, As the World Turns, and Texas. A starring rule as a musician in the feature film Stepping Out as Liza Minnelli's boyfriend.