Directed by Irving Pichel, Earthbound was proposed as a star vehicle for actor Warner Baxter, whose career was declining.

[2] Sol M. Wurtzel adapted Earthbound into a 67-minute film, while also slightly modifying the story.

[2] John Howard Lawson and Samuel G. Engel wrote the screenplay for the film.

"[4] Several decades later, film historian Leonard Maltin gave Earthbound two stars out of four, calling it a "strange little fantasy" with "a deadly serious mixture of half-baked philosophy and heavy-handed special effects.

[5] AllMovie writer Bruce Eder's review graded the film two and a half stars out of five.