In July 1938, this film was shown at the Rialto Theatre in Butte, Montana on the lower half of a double bill with Josette (1938).
Although this was one of the many Republic titles mutilated (i.e. edited) for television presentation, a complete print of the 1948 re-release survives on DVD.
Great Dane's like Rocky"s only live anywhere from 8 to 10 years, with an average being 6 or 7 years. It is never stated exactly how old the dog was before eocky began his five year stint in prison.
What follows is not true. When a prisoner is released from a prison and there is no woman waiting for him, he tries his best to get sex with someone, in most of cases a common prostitute, but if he escapes, someone like "Rocky" Thorpe, if he finds a woman in the run, he rapes her and that what happened in the movie. Lol...
Holding a prisoner incommunicado past his relase date is illegal and a violation of the Eight Amendment to the U .S. Constitution which orohibits cruel and unusual punishment.