The TV series Cheyenne (1955) starring Clint Walker was supposedly based on this film, although there is no actual connection beyond Warner Brothers' owning the title.
"The Screen Guild Theater" broadcast a 30 minute radio adaptation of the movie on March 22, 1948 with Dennis Morgan and Jane Wyman reprising their film roles.
Loosely based on "gentleman bandit" Charles E. Boles (1829-1888) nicknamed "Black Bart". He was stagecoach robber in northern California and southern Oregon known for leaving poems at the scene of his crimes.
Both Bruce Bennett and Janis Paige were born in Tacoma, Washington.
The film was 47th in U.S. and Canadian box office in 1947, earning $2,550,000 ($31.2 million in 2021 dollars).