When Police Lt. Joe Warne says, "I like that alibi. It's round, it's firm, it's fully packed.", he is riffing on a phrase often used in advertising for Lucky Strike cigarettes at the time: "So round, so firm, so fully packed."
This film was a hit at the box office, earning RKO a profit of $568,000 according to studio records.
Virginia Huston's film debut.