Wissenswertes

This was Clara Bow's last film on her five-year contract, but due to her nervous breakdown, Sylvia Sidney replaced her after Nancy Carroll declined the part.

The two china cats shown in one scene as a symbol of two people arguing came from director Rouben Mamoulian's own collection of such pieces.

This was Dashiell Hammett's only original screenplay (adapted by Max Marcin, with the eventual script by Oliver H.P. Garrett).

The first sound flashback. Dialogue heard earlier in the film was repeated over a huge close-up of Sylvia Sidney's tear-stained face as she recalls the past.

First starring film role for Sylvia Sidney and a rare "bad guy" role for Guy Kibbee.