Contemporary reviews noted the similarities of this film to Dead End (1937), released earlier in the year.
First film for Jackie Cooper at "Poverty Row" Monogram Pictures after his contract at MGM was not renewed the previous year.
This film received its first telecast Friday 28 November 1941 on New York City's pioneer commercial television station WNBT (Channel 1). Post-WWII television viewers got their first look at it in New York City Monday 10 May 1948 on WCBS (Channel 2), in Chicago Friday 25 February 1949 on WBKB (Channel 4), and in Los Angeles Sunday 25 July 1949 on KTLA (Channel 5).