Escaping from the police he flees to the desert, stumbling by accident into an atomic bomb testing site.

Needing money, Gordon sold his rights to Pate who took the story to his brother-in-law, screenwriter Phillip Rock.

Producer Benedict Bogeaus had wanted to shoot the film as a television pilot (a common creative practice of the time), to be shown on TV as three episodes, should it be picked up for syndication.

[4] With the budget now tripled, director Allen Dwan claimed he had to shoot the feature in one week, instead of five (some members of the cast disputed this statement).

"[7] The New York Times in a contemporary review warned the readers away from this movie, finding it be so bad the audience was laughing in the wrong places.

It did note similarities to the Lon Chaney Jr. movie The Indestructible Man Film Fanatic found little to praise here other than effective cinematography.

[9] Most Dangerous Man Alive was released by Cinema Rarities as a manufactured on demand two-disc DVD-R set.

The widescreen is transferred from a surviving TV syndication print and contains occasional local station identifiers, etc.