the film was a follow up to "dodge city" although it has entirely new characters and was not a sequel, predating it by eight years in historical time. it was originally called "nevada" and was to star basically the same director and cast as "dodge city": flynn, olivia de havilland, ann sheridan, donald crisp, guinn williams, and alan hale. the title was eventually changed to "virginia city", which had been owned by rko, but they agreed to give it to warners.