The old plane seen outside the airport hangar at the end, was a captured Japanese Nakajima B5N ("Kate") Torpedo Bomber from World War II. It had been sent to Arizona and stored at the Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, in Tucson, Arizona for warfare aeronautical studies during the war. It was lent to the movie producers.
A good part of the cast for Johnny Stool Pigeon will appear the following year,1950, in the Western Classic Winchester 73: Dan Dutyea, Shelly Winters, Tony Curtis (in a minor appearance), John McIntire, Charles Drake. Universal knew how to use their contracted actors.
Pilar Del Rey's debut.