The cast nicknamed the film "A Man Called Sludge".
James Garner [Maverick (1957)], Dennis Weaver [Gunsmoke (1955)], Wayde Preston [Colt .45 (1957)] and Tony Young [Gunslinger (1961)] were all television western stars in the late 1950s early 1960s.
Co-stars Claude Akins and Dennis Weaver also appeared together in "The Colorado Cattle Caper (1974)" and in five episodes of "Gunsmoke (1955)".