Most of the original soundtrack which had been recorded by the Glaser Brothers was removed in 1972 when this movie made its television debut. It was redubbed with the soundtrack from A Time to Sing (1968), performed by Hank Williams, Jr.
Penultimate film for Fredric March. It would be three more years until his final film, The Iceman Cometh (1973).
There is no Colusa County in the deep south. Colusa County is in Northern California.
Jim Brown's birthday was February 17, George Kennedy's birthday was February 18.
The music supervisor on this film, Mike Curb, ran for and won the election for California Lieutenant Governor two elections in the future (1978), serving as Lt. Gov. from 1979 to 1983. Although he was raised in California, he was born in the south, specifically in Georgia, before moving to California as a child with his family. After he finished his political stint, he returned to the south, to Tennessee, where he still lives with his wife.