After Mainwaring is proved innocent Pike says "it's just like that film with John Garfield", a reference to the 1939 film They Made Me a Criminal.
In 1937, Lloyd starred in the Broadway production of Having Wonderful Time with John Garfield.
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As a producer, the Crewe, Virginia-born Buckner worked on the 1946 John Garfield film Nobody Lives Forever, Confidential Agent (1945) with Charles Boyer and Lauren Bacall, and Mission to Moscow (1943).
He was subpoenaed by HUAC after John Garfield mentioned during his testimony that Kaplan was a friend of his.
There were narrations and performances by Jewish stars, including Edward G. Robinson, Paul Muni, Sylvia Sidney, and John Garfield, and by non-Jewish stars such as Ralph Bellamy, Frank Sinatra, and Burgess Meredith.
The Lane Sisters (Priscilla Lane, Rosemary Lane, and Lola Lane), Page, and Raines appear in all three films, and also made a similar picture together playing different characters called Daughters Courageous (1939) which also co-stars John Garfield.