 Gary Cooper (I) (qv), B movie producer Robert L. Lippert (qv)  and screenwriter Carl Foreman (qv) were set to go into a  production company together, after the success of this film.  John Wayne (I) (qv) and Ward Bond (qv) ordered Cooper to back  out of the deal, as HUAC was preparing to blacklist Foreman from  Hollywood. Shortly afterwards, Lippert was made persona non grata by  the Screen Actors Guild, which destroyed his independent production  company.