The historic archive footage of Lorne Greene reporting on the Boyd Gang was the the very first telecast by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation Television network (CBC-TV).
At the beginning of the movie, Boyd makes a recording in a booth alone. But when he plays the record for his family, his voice is accompanied by a piano.
Most cigarettes smoked in the movie feature a filter. The film takes place around 1950, while the "Winston", the first filter cigarette introduced in Northern America, has not been available until 1954.