Beginning like 'The Wind' and ending as a more upbeat 'Grapes of Wrath', the original title sounds like a western, but it actually starts as a very contemporary tale of a pair of Austrian refugees arriving in America after fleeing the Anschluss.
Both the director and one of the scriptwriters (one of the Hollywood Ten, no less!) were later blacklisted, so I hope they avoided discussing politics with John Wayne on the set!
Both the director and one of the scriptwriters (one of the Hollywood Ten, no less!) were later blacklisted, so I hope they avoided discussing politics with John Wayne on the set!