One of over 700 Paramount Productions, filmed between 1929 and 1949, which were sold to MCA/Universal in 1958 for television distribution, and have been owned and controlled by Universal ever since. Its earliest documented telecasts took place in Pittsburgh Wednesday 8 July 1959 on KDKA (Channel 2), followed by Omaha 23 July 1959 on KETV (Channel 7), by Phoenix 16 August 1959 on WLOS (Channel 12), by Milwaukee 16 October 1959 on WITI (Channel 6), by Toledo 29 October 1959 on WTOL (Channel 11), by Seattle 27 November 1959 on KIRO (Channel 7), and, finally, by New York City 25 December 1959 on WCBS (Channel 2). It was released on DVD 8 May 2007 as one of 4 titles in Universal's Classic Western Roundup Volume 1, and, since that time has also enjoyed several airings on cable TV on the Western Channel.
The 1949 film "Streets of Laredo" is based on this movie's plot, with only a slight change in the lead characters' names. The later film starred William Holden and William Bendix as the Rangers, and MacDonald Carey as their outlaw friend.
Elena Martínez's debut.
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