The gangster role played by George Bancroft was modeled on "Terrible" Tommy O'Connor, an Irish-American mobster who gunned down Chicago Police Chief Padraig O'Neil in 1923 but escaped three days before execution and was never apprehended.
Gangsterrollen spillet af George Bancroft, var baseret på "Terrible" Tommy O'Connor. en irsk-amerikansk gangster, som skød Chicagos politichef Padraig O'Neil i 1923, men flygtede tre dage før sin dødsstraf, og blev aldrig fanget.