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Martin Scorsese owned the only remaining 35mm print and authorized its use for the film's upgraded new print in 2013.
The source subject - the 1933 incident in San Jose - was also covered in Fritz Lang's film Fury (1936).
Cy Endfield was not the only member of the cast and crew to fall foul of the House Un-American Activities Commission. Lloyd Bridges was also hauled up before them but managed to keep his career going by naming names.
After the film flopped on its initial release, it was re-released under the more lurid title of "Try and Get Me!".
This was Cy Endfield's last American film before he was forced to decamp to the United Kingdom because of the Hollywood blacklist. Endfield managed to carve a reasonably successful career in Britain, directing such films as Hell Drivers (1957) and Zulu (1964).
"Jerry Slocum: He averages twenty bucks an hour, five hours a night, you figure it out. Howard Tyler: Twenty bucks an hour? What does this guy do? Run a diamond mine? Jerry Slocum: What diamond mine? All he does is pick up five little cards. Just five little cards. Only he knows what they are before he picks 'em up. Howard Tyler: That's some job. Jerry Slocum: I know another guy that averages four, five hundred a week. Sometimes more. He'd be willing to split with the right partner. He's the guy I was thinking about for you. Howard Tyler: For me? Jerry Slocum: All you have to do is drive his car. Think you'd be interested? Howard Tyler: What makes you think he'd want me for a partner? Jerry Slocum: My personal recommendation. All you gotta do is drive his car. He does all the work. Howard Tyler: What kind of work? Jerry Slocum: Oh, you know, knock up a gas station, maybe a hamburger joint, a liquor store. Nothing risky."
