The legend of the ghost ship, the Mary Celeste, found adrift in 1872, might have inspired some of the plot line. Many theories have been proposed about what happened, but to this day, no one really knows her true story.
Busy songwriter and musician Hoagy Carmichael plays the savvy cab driver. He would appear the next year in The Best Years of Our Lives (1946) as Butch, the owner of a local tavern.
1200 Canal Street, the location of the fictional Jewell Box Cafe, is the site of the historic Joy Theater in New Orleans.
Signe Hasso had been brought to the U.S. from Sweden under a two-year contract with RKO, but she made no films for the studio during that period, and then she signed with MGM. A couple of years later, RKO borrowed her from MGM for this film.
According to TCM's Eddie Muller, this film was a surprise hit for RKO in 1945 and revived the career of George Raft.
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