This movie was originally meant to be an Elvis Presley vehicle, but Fox refused to pay the $250,000 plus 50% of the profits that Elvis' manager asked (Fox had offered $150,000 plus 50%).
Not seen on U.S. television since 1987.
According to a 1954 "Daily Variety" news item, Twentieth Century-Fox bought the rights to Wilbur Daniel Steele's novel prior to its publication.
A January 1957 "Hollywood Reporter" news item noted that Arizona State Prison Warden Frank Eyman and Captain of the Guards Lou Hochstatter appeared as themselves in the prison scenes filmed at the state penitentiary in Florence.