Quiz

Robert Mitchum said the snowy location scenes were the hardest he had ever filmed.

Director William A. Wellman later said it had been a mistake not to show the cougar at all.

Carl 'Alfalfa' Switzer was only 26 when he played the elderly Joe Sam.

William A. Wellman had always intended to direct what he described as a black and white movie in color.

According to a contemporary article in The Hollywood Reporter, because of the unusual technical aspects of the film as shot by William A. Wellman and cinematographer William H. Clothier, and the theme of the story, Warner Bros. was considering entering this film in the Venice and Edinburgh film festivals.