Although this film was re-released under its original title, when it was sold to television, the title was changed to "Desert Storm" most likely to protect the theatrical re-release which was still in progress in many territories. It was first telecast in New York City Sunday 10 January 1954 on WCBS (Channel 2), in Detroit Saturday 1 May 1954 on WXYZ (Channel 7), and in Los Angeles Sunday 6 June 1954 on KNBH (Channel 4); in San Francisco it was first broadcast Friday 29 July 1955 on KPIX (Channel 5).
This is one of 20 Zane Grey stories, filmed by Paramount in the 1930s, that it sold to Favorite Films for re-release, circa 1950-52. The failure of Paramount, the original copyright holder, to renew the film's copyright resulted in it falling into public domain, meaning that virtually anyone could duplicate and sell a VHS/DVD copy of the film. Therefore, many of the versions of this film available on the market are either severely (and usually badly) edited and/or of extremely poor quality, having been duped from second- or third-generation (or more) copies of the film.
Besides this film, the 20 Zane Grey stories sold by Paramount to Favorite Films for theatrical re-release, and then to Unity Television Corp. for television broadcast: are as follows: The Light of Western Stars (1930) ("Winning the West"), Fighting Caravans (1931) ("Blazing Arrows"), Heritage of the Desert (1932) ("When the West Was Young"), The Mysterious Rider (1933) ("The Fighting Phantom"), The Thundering Herd (1933) ("Buffalo Stampede"), Man of the Forest (1933) ("Challenge of the Frontier"), To the Last Man (1933) ("Law of Vengeance"), Wagon Wheels (1934) ("Caravans West"), Rocky Mountain Mystery (1935) ("The Fighting Westerner"), Drift Fence (1936) ("Texas Desperadoes"), The Arizona Raiders (1936) ("Bad Men of Arizona"), Arizona Mahoney (1936) ("Arizona Thunderbolt"), Forlorn River (1937) ("River of Destiny"), Thunder Trail (1937) ("Thunder Pass"), Born to the West (1937) ("Hell Town"), The Mysterious Rider (1938) ("Mark of the Avenger"), Heritage of the Desert (1939) ("Heritage of the Plains"), Knights of the Range (1940) ("Bad Men of Nevada"), The Light of Western Stars (1940) ("Border Renegade").
When this film was re-released nationally in 1951 by Favorite Films, it was often shown in tandem with the re-release of Forlorn River (1937).