El título de la película proviene de una superstición:

Three on a match is a superstition goes that if three soldiers lit their cigarettes from the same match, one of the three would be killed. Since then it has been considered bad luck for three people to share a light from the same match.

Las tres protagonistas son Bette Davis, Joan Blobdell y Ann Dvorak:
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Aunque el mayor peso de la película recae claramente sobre esta última, en el papel de Vivian Revere: