 Exteriors were filmed at the current Westlake Village, California and Russell Ranch of Thousand Oaks, California areas near Los Angeles.It was adapted for the screen by Bradley King from a story "Adios" by Fred Bartlett and Virginia Stivers Bartlett.When Francisco Delfino (Richard Barthelmess) goes off to study for four years at a university in Mexico, his home in California is a part of Mexico.