Claude Akins appeared with Chuck Connors and Paul Fix in three episodes of The Rifleman (1958). He survived in one of them.
The names of the characters in the book on which "Ride Beyond Vengeance" is based are also the names of the characters in the movie, with one notable exception. The name of the man played by Chuck Connors has been changed from "Julius Rupp" to "Jonas Trapp".
The fistfight is considered by many as one of the best ever to appear in a film, western or otherwise.