The first screen duel between Errol Flynn and Basil Rathbone, which would be reprised three years later (and to grander effect) in The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938).
This was a big gamble for Warner Brothers in 1935, as it was an expensive production, costing $1 million without any marquee names in the cast (both Errol Flynn and Dame Olivia de Havilland became stars after the film's release).
In his first major starring role, Errol Flynn was so nervous during the early shooting that director Michael Curtiz had to re-take his early scenes much later in production, by which time Flynn had gained an acceptable level of confidence.
The first of nine movies made together by Warner Brothers' romantic couple Dame Olivia de Havilland and Errol Flynn.