 The movie includes a sequence at the end in which a fictionalized Rudyard Kipling, played by Reginald Sheffield, witnesses the events and is inspired to write his poem (the scene in which the poem is first read out carefully quotes only those parts of the poem that tally with the events of the movie).Following objections from Kipling's family, the character was excised from some prints of the movie, but has since been restored.The film earned $2,807,000 and ranked #10 on the top-grossing films of 1939.