Shot in eight days.
Although Rutledge's depicted as a half-breed villain, he describes the Indian culture he's trying to save as his "mother's people." and his motive is to have their traditional treasure returned, a treasure that has been taken by whites.
The pulp magazine being read by Tuscon in the final scene is Master Detective volume 15, no.3 (November 1936) published by McFadden Publications Inc, with cover art by Dalton Stevens.
More Indians are killed during the clashes with whites than were initially shown as members of the cult.