Expanded from the 1955 hour-long live television play A Man Is Ten Feet Tall (1955), broadcast on "Philco Television Playhouse (1948)," also with Sidney Poitier in the role of Tommy.
The neighborhood playground scenes were shot on St. Nicholas Terrace at W. 129 Street in Harlem.
The $1.71 per hour that Axel earns is worth $15.85 in 2021. The 25 cent-per-hour kickback is nearly 15% of his pay, or $2.32 per hour.
Sidney Poitier and Ruby Dee, who play husband and wife in this film, played husband and wife again in the classic A Raisin in the Sun (1961) and Buck and the Preacher (1972).