Trivia

When the producers needed a vintage automobile for the film, they scouted in the shooting area and found Otis Mason in Westminster, South Carolina, who had restored a 1912 Overland to running condition that he had recovered from a barn. His vehicle was hired, and as no one else knew how to operate it, he appeared in the movie as the driver, with one line, "Yes, Ma'am."

Local children from the Cleveland, Georgia area who appeared in the film, hold commemorative reunions.

Henry Fonda and Jeanne Crain were originally considered for the leading roles.

"Lux Radio Theater" broadcast a 60 minute radio adaptation of the movie on October 29, 1951 with Susan Hayward and William Lundigan reprising their film roles.

The Corra Harris novel that the film was based on was "A Circuit Rider's Wife".