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 3D 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 3D film.
In 1954, 20th Century Fox distributed this film on a double bill with L'uomo dell'est (1951) starring Tyrone Power and Susan Hayward.