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The original ending of the film called for Joe and Mabel to be shot to death, but the commercial failure of You Only Live Once (1937), which had a tragic ending, compelled the Warner Bros. studio heads to demand a happy ending. When writer Robert Rossen refused to write the new ending, Seton I. Miller was brought in to write it.
During filming on location at a train yard, Billy Halop fell on the tracks in front of a train. Acting quickly, Bobby Jordan pulled him to safety and saved his life. John Garfield had some years prior to becoming a film actor spent time riding the rails and had witnessed such accidents with more unfortunate outcomes. He was very much shaken up by this incident with Halop.
"Lux Radio Theater" broadcast a 60 minute radio adaptation of the movie on April 14, 1941 with John Garfield reprising his film role.
This film's earliest documented telecast took place in Tucson Sunday 16 September 1956 on KDWI (Channel 9); it first aired in Los Angeles Monday 1 October 1956 on KNXT (Channel 2), in Cincinnati Friday 9 November 1956 on WKRC (Channel 12), in Sacramento CA Tuesday 20 November 1956 on KCRA (Channel 3), in Portland OR Monday 17 December 1956 on KLOR (Channel 12), in Wichita Tuesday 1 January 1957 on KAKE (Channel 10), in Bloomington IN Wednesday 23 January 1957 on WTTV (Channel 4), and in Chicago Sunday 24 March 1957 on WGN (Channel 9).
"[last lines] Joe Bell: Mabel, I just thought of something funny. This is the first time we've been on a train together and paid our fare. Mabel Bell: [giggling] This is the first time we've been on a train together, and you knew where we were going. Joe Bell: That's right. We're going home. We finally... Mabel Bell: [cutting Joe off] I know what you're going to say, Joe. We found a place to hang our hats. [Mabel throws her hat onto a clothes hook above them] Joe Bell: [as Joe throws his hat on top of Mabel's on the same hook] Yeah, a place to hang our hats."
"[first lines] Warden: [as Joe walks into his office] Joe Bell, you've served here sixteen months. Joe Bell: [looking up as he remembers the details] ... thirteen days, four hours, and twenty-three minutes. I've been keeping a record. Warden: I can't say you've been a model prisoner. You've been rebellious. Unruly. I've disciplined you. But I want you to know now that I acted in the line of duty. I'm a warden, not a judge. It wasn't my business to determine your guilt or innocence. Joe Bell: What are you getting at? Warden: Bell, you're free. Joe Bell: [with a surprised expression] Free? Warden: Yes, I've a court order here for your release. The real criminal responsible for the burglary for which you've been serving time was caught in a stick-up, and he's made a full confession. I'm sorry. Joe Bell: [defiantly] You're sorry? You didn't serve time. I did. I'm sorry I was chump enough to think the cops would believe a nobody like me when I told them I was only trying to help the guy who was shot. I should have kept my nose out of trouble. Don't worry, warden. I'm wised up now, 'cause no matter what happens or who gets hurt, from now on, Joe Bell runs the other way."
