The only states that did not have the death penalty in 1941 were Michigan, Wisconsin, and Minnesota.
This film's earliest documented telecasts took place in Columbus Tuesday 24 July 1956 on WTVN (Channel 6), in Tucson Monday 13 August 1956 on KDWI (Channel 9) and in Indianapolis Sunday 19 August 1956 on WISH (Channel 8); it first aired in Boston Wednesday 3 October 1956 on WBZ (Channel 4), in Salt Lake City Tuesday 23 October 1956 on KUTV (Channel 2), and in Albuquerque Thursday 3 January 1957 on KOAT (Channel 7).
An article in the 30 December 1940 edition of The Hollywood Reporter noted Vincent Sherman was to direct this picture.