Trivia

Final film of Walter Huston. He died before the film was released.

Cinematographer Lee Garmes shot part of this movie, uncredited.

Considered a financial failure when the film was released, it has since received considerable critical praise and comparisons to classical literature. It has been likened to Shakespeare's "King Lear" and has classic Greek tragedy themes. Director Michael Mann likened it to Dostoevsky's novel "The Idiot".

The film cast includes one Oscar winner: Walter Huston; and three Oscar nominees: Judith Anderson, Beulah Bondi, and Barbara Stanwyck.

This film is part of the Criterion Collection, spine #435.