Of the five films that Edward G. Robinson and Humphrey Bogart made together, this is the only one in which neither is killed. The other films are Wem gehört die Stadt? (1936), Mit harten Fäusten (1937), Das Doppelleben des Dr. Clitterhouse (1938), and Gangster in Key Largo (1948).
Clarence drives Flo and John out to pick up Willie at the sanitarium in a 1940 Buick Limited Convertible Phaeton. The gang follows them in a 1933 Cadillac.
Included among the American Film Institute's 2000 list of the 500 movies nominated for the Top 100 Funniest American Movies.
In the five films Edward G. Robinson and Humphrey Bogart made together Robinson kills Bogart once, Bogart kills Robinson once, and they kill each other twice.
An article in the June 2, 1939, edition of the Los Angeles Times mentions James Cagney in the lead role played by Robinson.