Ben Welden (Boas "Sailor" Hoffman) was the film's last surviving cast member when he died on October 17, 1997 at the age of 96.
Bela Lugosi shot this feature in England after The Raven (1935) and prior to El rayo invisible (1935).
Only the second production from Hammer Films, who did just four features in the 1930s before going into hiatus until 1946.
The film takes place from November to December 1872.
The more commonly seen USA version lacks about twenty minutes of footage from the apparently unavailable original UK version, including a framing storm depicting the maritime investigation of the events.