When the cast and crew arrived at the Mojave Desert location, it was covered in snow and Rhonda Fleming subsequently developed pneumonia.
Film was originally released in 3-D and in stereophonic sound.
Robert Ryan would later state that his performance in this film was one of his finest.
Twentieth Century-Fox's first 3-D film.
In 1954, 20th Century Fox distributed this film on a double bill with L'attaque de la malle-poste (1951) starring Tyrone Power and Susan Hayward.