The PCA refused to issue an approval certificate for the film because the murderers were never punished and also for portraying a sexual relationship between a black man and a white woman.
The film was shot in four days; two days at the New Jersey studio and two days in New York City.
To shoot this film on such a low budget, Edgar G. Ulmer shot this feature in 16mm using "short ends" (unexposed film at the end of a reel that was unused by the original purchaser).
Chorus girls were paid just 25c per day, from which they had to pay their car fares from Harlem to the studio in New Jersey.