 There were various production problems on this picture, including  Charles Laughton (qv)s threatening to walk off the picture if the  original director, Irving Allen (qv) (who was also one of the  films producers) wasnt replaced (star Burgess Meredith (qv)  eventually replaced him as director). Allen himself was very  dissatisfied with the final results. After its initial run, he  bought the film rights back from RKO and kept the prints out of  circulation for a long time. Many believed that the film was lost,  even Meredith. However, it has been recently released on VHS and can  be relatively easily found at rental stores.