After filming Der versteinerte Wald (1936), Bette Davis thought that she should be getting better scripts, and not this "junk" as she called it. She complained directly to Jack L. Warner and was promptly put on suspension. But, after three days, and needing the money to support her mother and sister as well as herself, she returned to work.
In the film, Madame Barabbas offers Shayne $100,000 for him to retrieve the trumpet and deliver it to her. To seal the deal, she gives him a $2,000 advance. In 2019 dollars, due to inflation, this is equivalent to more than $1.8 million and over $36,000, respectively.
A remake of The Maltese Falcon (1931) with the character of Sam Spade becoming Ted Shane and the falcon becomes a ram's horn filled with jewels. Warner Brothers, who had bought the rights to Dashiell Hammett's 1930 novel would remake it a third time: Die Spur des Falken (1941) - the latter being the most famous version of all.
Some shots of Valerie running through the rain in the night are Sally Sage, who worked on the film as Bette Davis's stand-in.