The working title of this film was Road Agent, which was also the title of a later Tim Holt-RKO western. Linda Douglas made her screen debut in the picture. Hollywood Reporter production charts list Douglas as Mary Jo Tarola, her real name. Location shooting took place in the Santa Susana Mountains in the San Fernando Valley, according to a Hollywood Reporter news item. Modern sources note that the production cost $89,000 to make, but still lost $20,000 at the box office.