(In 1958, the film entered the public domain in the US due to the copyright claimants failure to renew the copyright registration in the 28th year after publication (see [[:en:The Pay-Off#Notes|]]).)
Note that it may still be copyrighted in jurisdictions that do not apply the rule of the shorter term for US works (depending on the date of the author's death), such as Canada (70 years p.m.a.), Mainland China (50 years p.m.a., not Hong Kong or Macao), Germany (70 years p.m.a.), Mexico (100 years p.m.a.), Switzerland (70 years p.m.a.), and other countries with individual treaties.