The working titles of this film were Overland Bus, Transcontinental Bus and Free, White and Desperate. A Film Daily news item adds Gladys Hulette to the cast, but her participation in the final film has not been determined. Although a Hollywood Reporter production news item lists Stepin Fetchit as a cast member, he was not spotted in the viewed print. According to an October 1933 Hollywood Reporter news item, M-G-M shot a "large portion of the film" on "the road," using two buses as mobile sets.