The film is similar to High Noon in that it features an entire town refusing to help a peace officer against outlaws, showing no backbone.
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Stewart and Fonda's first film together had been the musical comedy On Our Merry Way two decades earlier, and they made The Cheyenne Social Club two years after Firecreek.
He also specifically asked that his friend Fonda be cast; they had most recently worked together two years previously in Firecreek.