An ending similar to Manhattan Melodrama (1934) (the film on which this movie was based) was written and filmed, but was discarded before the first press preview. It consisted of trial and execution sequences, and casting lists had actors with their character names as follows: George M. Carleton (Bailiff), Howard Hickman (Judge), Emmett Vogan (Jury Foreman), James Millican (Warden), Russell Hicks (High Commissioner), William Tannen (Guard), Roy Barcroft (Guard), Herbert Heyes (Guard), Patrick McVey (Guard), Leigh Sterling (Guard), Hooper Atchley (Juror), Howard M. Mitchell (Juror), Dick Rush (Juror) and Murdock MacQuarrie (Juror).
The film was one of several late 1942 MGM films which were backlogged and may not have been released nationally until 1943, although many press previews and reviews appeared in October 1942.
Several actors are listed in casting records with their character names but did not appear in the movie. These were Luis Alberni (Jacques), Mitchell Lewis (Sponsor) and Ivan Miller (Clerk).
This film was first telecast in Los Angeles Wednesday 27 March 1957 on KTTV (Channel 11); it first aired in Philadelphia 2 May 1957 on WFIL (Channel 6), in Hartford CT 6 May on WHCT (Channel 18), in Chicago 8 May 1957 on WBBM (Channel 2), in Tampa 24 May 1957 on WFLA (Channel 8), in New Haven CT 29 May 1957 on WNHC (Channel 8), in Altoona PA 5 June 1957 on WFBG (Channel 10, in Honolulu 10 June 1957 on KHVH (Channel 13), in Minneapolis 12 October 1957 on KMGM (Channel 9), in Norfolk VA 14 October 1957 on WTAR (Channel 3), in Salt Lake City 19 October 1957 on KTVT (Channel 4), in Memphis 13 December 1957 on WHBQ (Channel 13), in Miami 24 December on WCKT (Channel 7) and in Cincinnati 27 January 1958 on WLW-T (Channel 5); its San Francisco television premiere did not take place until 10 December 1958 on KGO (Channel 7); in New York City its earliest documented airing took place 25 March 1961 on WCBS (Channel 2).