 "The Suspicious Death of a Minor" was developed under the title "Milano Violenta" (), a title later used for Mario Caiano's film "Bloody Payroll".The film was a hybrid of a crime film and a "giallo".The screenwriter, Ernesto Gastaldi, later spoke about the film stating "In my opinion, it's a minor film [...] the usually very good Martino didn't manage to give the film a decisive shot-in-the-arm."