 The script was written by Morgan B. Cox, John Cutting, and Jesse A. Duffy.Director James W. Horne also contributed to the script, which often emphasizes tongue-in-cheek comedy.Under Horne's direction, the heroes and villains exaggerate the melodrama — James Craven is enjoyably florid as the villain, and his henchmen also play for laughs, with comedian Fred Kelsey cast as a very dumb detective.