Final acting role for Ken Curtis. He died in April 28, 1991, at the age of seventy-four.

Sam Elliott has stated, when asked what his favorite movie is, that this is his favorite movie of all the ones that he's been in.

Dub Taylor (Station Agent) was the real-life father of Buck Taylor (Tile Coker).

2 years after the release of this film Sam Elliot and Buck Taylor would star in another western together, "Tombstone".

Barry Corbin (the stagecoach driver) is from Lamesa, Texas, which he refers to by name. That region - the Texas panhandle - was fiercely defended by the Comanches and would be such a danger to whites that it led to the establishment of the Goodnight-Loving Trail; a inconvenient but safe route for cattle drives that went from the south of that dangerous area, running due west to New Mexico and then north. The area was the site of a number of massacres of whites and of a major battle between the Indians and the army at the abandoned trading post of Adobe Walls. Oddly, Corbin pronounces the name of Lamesa in the Spanish style with a soft E, whereas the actual pronunciation is "la meesa".

Continuity

After Conagher fights Chris in the bar, he puts on his Gunbelt twice.

When Conagher catches up to Tile Coker and the other rustlers, and flushes them out of the cabin, the amount of blood changes on the man that gets shot in the shoulder.



Factual errors

Several times there is a reference to a nearby town. They pronounce it "la maysa". While that might be correct when referring to a geological feature, the proper pronunciation of the name of the town of Lamesa, Texas is "la meesa".

The ports in the windows are too high. At that height they are fine for an erect adult to see through but could only be used as gun ports if they were at shoulder-height.



Revealing mistakes

Near the end when Connagher gets shot at and he hides on the mountain cliff, there is clearly the sound of a helicopter in the background.

In the credits Ted White is listed as "Stage Passenger," but Ted White, with a long history of stunts and supporting characters, is clearly Jackson, one of Smoke Parnell's riders.



Miscellaneous

When Conagher leaves the Teay ranch, he says he will be back in the spring following the wild geese. He heads north to Evie Teale's place. The wild geese would not be heading south in the spring but would be heading back up north.



Crew or equipment visible

When Evie Teale's husband is trapped under his horse he draws his revolver. When he does so, a white tennis shoe is visible in the lower left of the frame.



Boom mic visible

When Conagher first meets Tile Coker, you can see the shadow of a boom mic on the ground next to Conagher's horse as he rides up to Tile.