Edward Pawley's only child, Martin H. Pawley, played one of Mickey Rooney's classmates. This was the only movie in which he ever appeared - he never got interested in the entertainment business, and eventually became an accountant.
The earliest documented telecasts of this film occurred in New York City Monday 17 May 1948 on WCBS (Channel 2), in Detroit Sunday 14 November 1948 on WJBK (Channel 2), and in Los Angeles Sunday 20 March 1949 on KTLA (Channel 5).
Both Mickey Rooney and Bradley Metcalf, lived to the age of 93.