Jud setting fire to the haystack at the end of the film is taken from the original play Green Grow the Lilacs.
The date of the world premiere is often given as October 13, 1955. That is the day the film opened to the general public at the Rivoli Theatre in New York. Before that, starting on October 10, 1955, there were three invitation-only screenings.
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