James Garner's first western since leaving Maverick (1957) and Sidney Poitier's first theatrical western.
While preparing to lead his column in a night march against Chata, Scotty (Bill Travers) quotes a line of poetry, "Welcome to your gory bed / Or to victory". This is from the patriotic poem by Robert Burns, "Scots Wha Hae", which has, for centuries, served as an unofficial national anthem of Scotland.