Fred J. Balshofer financed this film himself because the production company was hesitant to back a film with two then-unknown leads.
Director Fred J. Balshofer later claimed that he was able to persuade local moonshine manufacturers to provide authentic equipment and paraphernalia for scenes that showed the production of moonshine. Many of the moonshiners also supposedly were cast as extras and in bit roles.
There was a Masked Rider in the comics, owned by Ajax Comics, too. This was an entirely different character that had appeared first in a pulp magazine from the same company earlier.