Based on the 1937 play A House in the Country by Melvin Levy, the screenplay was written by J. Robert Bren and Edmund L. Hartmann.

The film stars Fred Stone, Emma Dunn, Marjorie Lord and J. Carroll Naish.

Finding the house, and to avoid suspicion, Clarke offers to pay the Petersons a nominal fee for lodging, posing with his gang as “hunters” to explain their firearms.

The tension between Bill and Miller, along with the various antics of the Petersons, including Oscar's pranks, challenge Clarke and his gang to not blow their cover.

When Frankie is honored at a ceremony for his heroism, he is seen sleeping under a tree with his rifle, reflecting the film's opening scene.