The movie was written by Daniel Fuchs and Isobel Lennart. It was directed by Charles Vidor.
It won the Academy Award for Best Writing, Motion Picture Story, and was nominated for Best Actor in a Leading Role (James Cagney), Best Music, Scoring of a Musical Picture, Best Music, Song (for Nicholas Brodszky and Sammy Cahn for I'll Never Stop Loving You), Best Sound, Recording and Best Writing, Screenplay.