- Actor Shipping: There were rumours at the time that Elizabeth Taylor was having an affair with one or both of her leading men. It turned out that she was just good friends with them.
- Award Snub: While George Stevens managed to win an Academy Award for his direction, the film managed to lose out Best Picture to Around the World in 80 Days (1956) (now regarded as one of the worst films ever to claim the prize, likely thanks to votes being split between Giant, The King and I, and The Ten Commandments (1956)). James Dean and Rock Hudson also both lost out to Best Actor to Yul Brynner (though this is more debatable), Mercedes McCambridge lost out Supporting Actress, and Elizabeth Taylor wasn't even nominated for Lead Actress.
- Hilarious in Hindsight: Jett Rink ends up becoming a conniving rich Texan who drives the rest of the characters against him. Normally, this wouldn't be too funny, but at around the 2:45 mark, when Jordy throws a bottle of alcohol at a sign with his initials, one can't help but laugh. His initials are JR.
- Retroactive Recognition: That's a young Dennis Hopper as Jordy.
- Vindicated by History: The film was not well-received in Mexico because of the lack of understanding of anti-Hispanic discrimination in 1950s United States. But years later, many scholars in film history and criticism and Latin-American Pop Cultural studies recognized the film for its depiction of discrimination and for a broad range of Latino characters and issues.
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