 The film was made in 1941 but went unreleased for three years after  it was completed, waiting for the Broadway play to finish its run.  On stage, Boris Karloff (qv) played Raymond Massey (I) (qv)s  character, Jonathan Brewster, who "looks like Karloff". Karloff was  actually doing the stage play in New York during production of this  film, so he was unable to do both.