Filmed in Santa Fe, the burning of Zozobra, which began in 1924, is still an annual festival occurring in September.
According to an article in the June 1, 1947 edition of the Los Angeles Times, Universal paid the city of Taos, New Mexico $2,000 to borrow its 1882 carousel named "Tio Vivo" and had it shipped to California for the use in this film. As of 2019 it is still in use for festival time in the city.
The La Fonda Hotel in Santa Fe was built in 1920 in the "Pueblo Revival" style of architecture and is a famous landmark.
Although the story is set in a New Mexico border town, it was filmed in northern New Mexico. Early in the movie, Robert Montgomery is standing next to a large wall map in a bus terminal, and it is indeed a map of the Albuquerque and Santa Fe area.
Lux Radio Theater broadcast a 60-minute radio adaptation of the movie on December 8, 1947 with Robert Montgomery, Wanda Hendrix, and Thomas Gomez reprising their film roles.