One of over 700 Paramount productions, filmed between 1929 and 1949, which were sold to MCA/Universal in 1958 for television distribution, and have been owned and controlled by Universal ever since; its earliest documented telecast took place in Boston Monday 22 September 1958 on WBZ (Channel 4); it first aired in Seattle Wednesday 24 June 1959 on KIRO (Channel 7).
After original director Otis Garrett fell ill, it gave the first opportunity in the director's chair for noted cinematographer Ted Tetzlaff. During the next five years he would direct several more films but work mainly as a Director of Photography before becoming strictly a director.