Lloyd Ingraham is in studio records/casting call lists playing the role of "Dan Matthews," but that role was played by Frank Ball. Ingraham was not seen in the movie. Buffalo Bill Jr. (Jay Wilsey) is listed playing the role of "Chief Black Eagle," but he played "Blackie Martin" instead. The actor playing "Chief Black Eagle" has not been identified. Yakima Canutt is listed in the cast, but he was a stunt performer and not seen in the movie.
George Hayes speaks with his "normal" voice (with his dentures in his mouth), not with his "Gabby" character's voice. A rare occurrence.
The failure of the original copyright holder to renew the film's copyright resulted in it falling into public domain, meaning that virtually anyone could duplicate and sell a VHS/DVD copy of the film. Therefore, many of the versions of this film available on the market are either severely (and usually badly) edited and/or of extremely poor quality, having been duped from second- or third-generation (or more) copies of the film.
The earliest documented telecasts of this film occurred in Syracuse Sunday 13 March 1949 on WHEN (Channel 8), in Philadelphia Sunday 20 March 1949 on WFIL (Channel 6), in Detroit Saturday 2 April 1949 on WXYZ (Channel 7), in Los Angeles Sunday 7 August 1949 on KTSL (Channel 2) and again Saturday 11 February 1950 on KECA (Channel 7), in Salt Lake City Saturday 13 August 1949 on KSL (Channel 5), and in Cincinnati Sunday 4 September 1949 on WCPO (Channel 7).
Studio records state that the sound was produced by the Balsley and Phillips Sound System, but it is not stated in the print.
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