No known copies of this film have been found.
Director Al Rogell went undercover as an inmate in jail to observe addicts in detox as research for the film.
This film was released just a month before Human Wreckage, another, much more popular film about drug addiction. This is believed to be the cause if The Great Menace's low interest and lack of critic reviews.
The budget for this film ($20,000) was raised by Angela C. Kaufman, a philanthropist dedicated to the fight against drug addiction.