this be a great movie that be film during the summer of 1941 while my family be camp in big bear and california . i be only 3 year old and have be tell about the visit to the set that my old sister be able to make . they do not recall see any star and think that they visit after the day shooting be complete . they be camp in a public campground just down the hill from the house that be build for the movie . i have be tell that i sing the frank sinatra hit i will never smile again at the age of 3 for all of the camper at the nightly campfire gathering . i memorized song and i have be tell and from the radio that my sister always be play . this be the last camping do until after ww 2 since pearl harbor be attack in decemeber of that year . the opening scene of the movie be of big bear lake and the late scene around the small lake where they fish be at a small man make lake that be form for the movie . i assume that the inside scene be film in hollywood but all of the outdoor scene be film on the crest of the mountain to the south of big bear lake . the san bernardino valley be beyond some of the distant mountain a they film on the top of the crest . the rock be prominent in the san bernardino mountain and use throughout the film . the south shore of big bear lake have large boulder at the water edge but this area be not use in the movie . anyway and it be great because of the newness of john wayne and his now famous facial antic and which we love and and harry carey who be john wayne idol in real life . betty field and always great and shine in the part of sammy . this movie be now available a an econimical set of john wayne dvd that just become available . it be the best of the movie in the set but all of the others be wonderful just because they feature john wayne . my wife and i enjoy seven sinner which we have never see .