Trivia: Son of Paleface was one of the few sequels to a film to be more popular than its predecessor.
Trivia: Released during the height of Communist hysteria, the film is a thinly disguised indictment of McCarthyism. The cowardice of the townspeople represents the blacklisting that ruined careers and lives, particularly in Hollywood, all the while supposedly good people were afraid to do the right thing and stand up for those singled out for persecution.
Trivia: When Sergeant Snow thrusts his sword into a horse rustler, he yells a Wilhelm scream.
Trivia: Even though John McIntire plays Robert Ryan's father in the movie, he was only two years older than Ryan.