Trivia / Going My Way

• Banned in China: The film was banned in several Latin American countries because Bing Crosby wore a white shirt as a priest.
• Irony as She Is Cast: Although Barry Fitzgerald played a Catholic priest in this film—and several others—he was in real life a Protestant. Several times during this film when he is "crossing" himself he does it wrong, going from right to left instead of from left to right.
• What Could Have Been: James Cagney and Spencer Tracy were considered for Father Chuck O'Malley.