 Frances Farmer was originally cast to star in this feature in an  attempt to get her out of Hollywood after her drunk driving arrest  in October 1942. Several members of the Group Theatre (with which  writer Budd Schulberg had been affiliated) helped to get her to  Mexico to film the feature, but her erratic behavior got her  deported and she evidently never filmed any scenes for the film.  Within just a couple of months, she would be institutionalized for  the first time.