This is a remake of Outward Bound (1930) in which Leslie Howard reprised his role from the stage play of the same name.
Eleanor Parker, seen here in her first A-movie starring role, had in fact screen tested for the role ultimately played by Faye Emerson but was given the female lead role for which Joan Leslie had been announced. Leslie's replacement was reportedly necessitated by her being detained filming Rhapsodie en bleu (1945), which production fell seriously behind schedule.
Dudley Digges and Sydney Greenstreet each played Gutman in different versions of The Maltese Falcon: Le faucon maltais (1931) and Le faucon maltais (1941), respectively. Here, Greenstreet plays Thompson, the part Digges played in the previous version, Outward Bound (1930).
First of three movies in which Eleanor Parker and Isobel Elsom were castmates, the later two being Servitude humaine (1946) and Escape Me Never (1947).