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.
James Garner and Dennis Weaver also starred together in Duel At Diablo four years earlier.