Ida Lupino was considered for the part, but the actress felt her accent made it an inappropriate role.
Filmed in 1941, and wrapped up production in December, just about the time of the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor; hence without all the usual wartime references often found in most 1942 productions.
This film's earliest documented telecast took place in Tucson Thursday 9 August 1956 on KDWI (Channel 9); in order to protect the widespread theatrical re-release which was still in progress at that time, it was withdrawn from the air for the next five months; it was again seen in Cincinnati Wednesday 12 January 1957 on WKRC (Channel 12), and initially aired in Honolulu Friday 12 May 1957 on KHVH (Channel 13) and in Phoenix Thursday 13 June 1957 on KVAR (Channel 12).
Ronald Reagan, who was a hard boiled Republican, plays here the defender of the proletariat, and it puzzled many audiences several decades later.
Many actors listed in studio records and in casting call lists were not seen in the movie. These were Farmers Hank Mann, Don Turner, 'Paul Panzer' and Frank Darien, and Jack Gardner, Fred Kelsey, Frank Pharr, Ray Teal, William 'Bill' Phillips and Victor Zimmerman.