James Anderson (as Lerner) broke an ankle during a fight scene and spent the rest of the shoot in a foot cast.
While performing a stunt, Leo J. McMahon suffered an injury that ended his long career as a stuntman.
Billy Chapin and Richard Egan had previously starred in "The Kid from Left Field" and "Violent Saturday".
This is an almost textbook western, with many western regulars like Royal Dano, Dabbs Greer, Dub Taylor and DeForest Kelley. Composer Dimitri Tiomkin also wrote the music for dozens of westerns--most notably High Noon (1952)--and was one of Hollywood's top composers.