This was Dean Stockwell's last film as a child actor. His next appearance on the big screen was five years later.
One of Joel McCrea's personal favorite of his films.
Joel McCrea's trailing and capture of the black stallion is lifted from the earlier Universal film 'Red Canyon '[1949] to the point that McCrea's costume matches Howard Duff's, that film's star. Equine star Highland Dale played the horse in both films.