Present existent version, as presented on Turner Classic Movies, bears title and end credits redesigned for the 1955 wide screen re-release.
Boris Karloff's performance was voted runner-up to the best performance for the month of August, 1935 by the Screen Actors' Guild. Henry Fonda in La jolie batelière (1935) and Will Rogers in Steamboat Round the Bend (1935) tied for the top award.
Shooting began May 6, 1935, finished June 7, and the movie was released July 15, 1935. Boris Karloff completed his scenes for Le Corbeau (1935) one month earlier, on April 5.
Part of the SON OF SHOCK package of 20 titles released to television in 1958, which followed the original Shock Theater release of 52 features one year earlier. This was also one of 11 Columbia titles; the other 61 being from Universal.
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