The Indian attack sequence had to be re-written to accommodate James Garner's limp after he sprained his right ankle during shooting.
Although almost all of Randolph Scott's Westerns in this era were in color, this one was in black and white. Since he was ensconced at Columbia at this time and was merely finishing up an old contract, Warner Bros. probably felt it was no longer worth the added expense; indeed, this was his last film in black and white.
Dani Crayne's character calls Randolph Scott's character, "high, wide and handsome." Scott once starred in a movie titled, High, Wide and Handsome (1937).
According to a contemporary article in The Hollywood Reporter, this film is one of the first to be shot on a new Western-themed set on Warner Bros.'s back lot in Burbank, supplementing the studio's ranch in Calabasas. It would become known as Laramie Street.