A stunt player was killed when the caisson he was riding on flipped over.
Much of the movie was filmed on the campus of Texas A&M University in College Station, Texas. Many of the buildings seen are still is use today.
Fess Parker's first movie.
In the posters for the 1950 reissue Robert Mitchum, who had risen to stardom in the seven years since the movie was first released, was prominently featured. Also, Noah Beery's name was misspelled as "Berry."