The story is based on the book of the same name from Sally Benson's memoirs of her life in St.Louis, Missouri from 1903-4 - they were recalled and written in multiple issues ofThe New Yorker Magazinefrom 1941-1942 (originally published under the itle "5135 Kensington" and eventually gathered together asThe Kensington Stories).[Note: Mirroring her real life, Joan Crawford supported herself as a waitress and saleswoman before she began making films.Ulp! Excuse me.But it wasn't enough so everybody'd call me Hopsie ever since I was six years old.Hopsie Pike.What he detests about ale is that he was nicknamed "Hopsie" as a child.She playfully mocks his name: "And when you get older, I could call you Popsie.Hopsie Popsie!" As he holds onto her ankle, Charles stares deeply into her eyes, and she stares back.Arnie Lorch holds a meeting of kingpins at the club.He distrusts Vettori, calling him a "no-good lug," but has respect for underworld crime czar Diamond Pete Montana (Ralph Ince).Filming took place over a two-month period mostly on one set during mid-to-late summer in 1953.It was one of Hitchcock's lesser but above-average classics, set in the post-war 1950s when 'getting-ahead' in life was a primary motivation.