Charles Stevens played Indian Charley in three films based on the Wyatt Earp legend: Alguacil de la frontera (1939), Tombstone: The Town Too Tough to Die (1942) and La pasión de los fuertes (1946).
One of over 700 Paramount Productions, filmed between 1929 and 1949, which were sold to MCA/Universal in 1958 for television distribution, and have been owned and controlled by Universal ever since; its earliest documented telecasts took place in Boston Friday 19 September 1958 on WBZ (Channel 4) and in Seattle Wednesday 26 November 1958 on KIRO (Channel 7) ; it first aired in Milwaukee Saturday 30 May 1959 on WITI (Channel 6).
Some scenes were shot on location in Tucson, AZ and Long Valley, CA.
According to information in Paramount publicity records, technical advisor Frederick Gildart was a personal friend of Wyatt Earp, and acted as an advisor for Richard Dix on his portrayal of the renowned sheriff.