This film represents one of a small handful of American films which featured the word Hitler or Hitler's, and both referencing Adolf Hitler, in their titles and were ones made around the time of the Second World War. The other films include Les enfants d'Hitler (1943); Hitler's Madman (1943) aka Hitler's Hangman; Hitler et sa clique (1944) aka Hitler & Co.; the documentary short, Hitler Lives (1945); The Strange Death of Adolf Hitler (1943); Hitler's Women aka Femmes enchaînées (1943); the comic short, The Devil with Hitler (1942) and Hitler: Beast of Berlin (1939).
This film's earliest documented telecasts took place in Chicago 12/4/49 on WGN (Channel 9) and in New York City 8/27/0 on WCBS (Channel 2).
The military camp they are taken to in Germany has a sign at the entrance that says, "Konzentrations Laber "Dachau"".
The first prisoner to arrive in Alcatraz Prison was August 11, 1934. The three crooks could not possibly had served an eleven year sentence; the film takes place in 1942, only eight years after Alcatraz opened.