Real life irony: Dr. Stevens, played by James Stephenson tells Henry, played by Thomas Mitchell he has less than 6 months to live due to his aortic aneurysm. In fact, Stephenson would die about 5 months after the film's February 1941 release date. He suffered a heart attack in July 1941. Mitchell outlived him by almost 20 years.
Don Siegel directed at least one scene after director Vincent Sherman took ill and couldn't come to work.
This film's earliest documented telecast took place in Tucson Wednesday 3 October 1956 on KDWI (Channel 9); it first aired in Indianapolis Monday 29 October 1956 on WISH (Channel 8), in Sacramento CA Thursday 1 November 1956 on KCRA (Channel 3), in Boston Thursday 29 November 1956 on WBZ (Channel 4), in Los Angeles Saturday 8 December 1956 on KNXT (Channel 2), in Phoenix Monday 7 January 1957 on KVAR (Channel 12), in Miami Sunday 3 February 1957 on WTVJ (Channel 4), in Salt Lake City Wednesday 20 February 1957 on KUTV (Channel 2), and in Portland OR Saturday 2 March 1957 on KOIN (Channel 6).
The name Todhunter means "death hunter."