One of a number of Warner Bros. TV episodes that were theatrically released in the UK, in this case as supporting film to "The Sins of Rachel Cade" on the ABC circuit in April 1961.
Based upon a 1957 mystery novel of the same name written by Howard Browne. "The Taste of Ashes" was the fourth and final book in a series about Paul Pine, a private investigator who lived and worked in Chicago, Illinois.