One of over 700 Paramount productions, filmed between 1929 and 1949, which were sold to MCA/Universal in 1958 for television distribution, and have been owned and controlled by Universal ever since.
Derelict was dubbed into French and had its premiere in Paris under the title Desempare; this dubbed version was described in the review as "the first serious attempt made to 100% French dubbing of an American film in such a way that audiences should not notice that dubbing has been used...the dubbing job is practically perfect....[and] opens considerable possibilities for French releases of American or other foreign productions lending themselves to dubbing."