Charles Laughton reprised his role as Captain Kidd in Abbott y Costello contra el Capitán Kidd (1952).
The producers neglected to renew the copyright in 1972 and the film has entered the public domain since.
According the memoirs of Soviet dictator Nikita Khrushchev, his predecessor Joseph Stalin loved this film and sympathized with the title character's mischievous nature.
In Charles Laughton's previous movie Casi un ángel (1941), someone says that his character resembles Captain Kidd.