This movie was originally going to star Rory Calhoun, Jeffrey Hunter, Gary Merrill and Robert Wagner, according to a May 1951 edition of "The Hollywood Reporter".

Filmed in 20 days in the summer of 1951.

Gene Evans' Sgt. Rock is an extension of the tough character he played in Samuel Fuller's previous Korean War film, The Steel Helmet (1951), albeit under a different name, Sgt. Zack.

Film debut (uncredited) of James Dean.

The first in a seven-picture deal between writer/director Samuel Fuller and 20th Century-Fox.