Ironically, Wayne had been asked to play a role in the Crawford film and angrily turned it down, stating that the Robert Penn Warren novel disgusted him as did the story for the film.

• 讽刺地是，韦恩曾被邀请在克劳福的影片中演出，但被韦恩悍然拒绝，理由是他认为罗伯特瓦伦的这部小说不适合拍成电影，并且让他演那个角色简直是对他的一种轻视。