When the film was shown in the US, Columbia boss Harry Cohn removed N.P. Pery's name as producer, together with any reference to it being made in Australia.
Filmed at the Cinesound Studios, but initiated and entirely funded by Columbia Pictures Corporation [us], using film hire revenue frozen in Australia by government restrictions on the export of capital.
Charles 'Bud' Tingwell's first film. He later joked that he won the part as a control tower officer because he supplied his own uniform.