Ivor Novello reprises his lead role from Alfred Hitchcock's silent classic The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog (1927). Hitchcock was asked to direct the sound remake of his 1927 film, but declined.
Under its US title, "The Phantom Fiend," the re-edited US version of this film received its first telecast 3/6//40 on New York City's pioneer, and still experimental television station W2XBS.
Diminutive character actor and bit player Ian Wilson can be spotted selling newspapers outside the pub at approximately 35 mins in.