According to myth, Dennis Hopper required 85 retakes for one scene, causing director Henry Hathaway to yell at him, "You'll never work in this town again!" and that it was ten years before Hopper obtained another major role. Don Murray, however, has stated that this never occurred, and in fact, Hopper worked steadily through the 1960s, including twice more with Hathaway: Les quatre fils de Katie Elder (1965) and 100 Dollars pour un shérif (1969).
While it's true that Dennis Hopper continued to find work after this film, he still was under a "brown list" from major Hollywood films so there is some validity to the Henry Hathaway story. Other than supporting roles in two minor B-Movies, the lead in an ultra low-budget AIP film and two experimental Andy Warhol films, his entire oeuvre was in television until Hathaway hired him for 'The Sons of Katie Elder' in 1965, his first major Hollywood film in eight years.