The film was originally planned to have been made in 1941. The seven-year-plus postponement was due to the change in leading actors and actresses.
The scene where the cattle stampede comes to an end and the cattle are halted was used at the beginning of an Alan Ladd film The Big Land (1957).
Gary Cooper and Ronald Reagan were originally announced for the lead role before Errol Flynn was cast.
In this film Errol Flynn played an Australian. In real life he was from Tasmania, an island that forms part of Australia.
Filmed in 1948, not released until 1950.