The screenplay was adapted by Frank S. Nugent from Alan Le May's 1954 novel of the same name, that was first serialized as a short story in late fall 1954 issues of the "Saturday Evening Post" and first titled, "The Avenging Texans". It was based on a an actual Comanche kidnapping of Cynthia Ann Parker, a young white girl in Texas in 1836. Cynthia Parker was later to become mother of Comanche chief Quanah Parker.
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The cast includes one actress and two actors who played villains in the Batman (1966) television series: Julie Newmar (Catwoman), Burgess Meredith (Penguin), and Eli Wallach (Mr. Freeze). Ted Cassidy also guest-starred in Batman: The Penguin's Nest (1966), reprising his role of Lurch from The Addams Family (1964).
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Ted Cassidy and a handful of other performers were dubbed by Robert Rietty.
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Gregory Peck got along very well with Edward G. Robinson, with whom he could discuss acting, politics, religion, and the fine arts.
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The "Old Turkey Buzzard" theme song sequence was shot at Monument Valley, on the Arizona-Utah border. The bird is actually a black vulture rather than a turkey vulture (buzzard).
Mackenna's Gold - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
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