The working title of this film was "The Western Story."
The film was released in Mexico City on January 15, 1959 under the title "Fugitivo."
All of Cavalgada para o Inferno (1958), except the opening sequence, was filmed in Mexico, and director George Sherman hired a full Mexican crew. Mexican filming locations included Cuernavaca, Tepoztlan, Taxco and the Vilchis Ranch, as well as at the Estudios Churubusco.