Vince (Edgar Buchanan) asks Howdy (Henry Fonda) how he came to have such a name as Howdy. "Made it up. Why?" "Marion . . . that was my given name. A man can't ride bucking horses with a handle like that so I changed it." This was a poke at fellow actor John Wayne, who became famous playing cowboys and who was born Marion Michael Morrison.
Burt Kennedy said in his memoirs that Old Fooler, the roan in the film, was his lone discovery in his career. Later in life, he saw Old Fooler again and walked up to him. Recognizing Kennedy, the horse nuzzled him.
The bare bottoms of Sue Ane Langdon and Hope Holiday were censored after objections were made by the Catholic League of Decency.
The reddish truck Ben and Howdy use is a 1951 Dodge B-Series pickup.
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