This Zane Grey novel had been adapted to film twice before, in 1928 and 1933, under the same title.
This film's earliest documented telecast took place in Philadelphia Sunday 26 August 1956 on WFIL (Channel 6); it next aired in Altoona Monday 24 September 1956 on WFBG (Channel 10), in Washington DC Sunday 11 November 1956 on WTTG (Channel 5), in Columbus Sunday 25 November 1956 on WLW-C (Channel 4) and in New York City Sunday 16 December 1956 on WOR (Channel 9).