[2] The title character was a soldier of fortune,[3] "an opportunistic con artist and sometimes private eye" who sought adventure.
[6] Divisions of the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE) and the American Federation of Labor (AFL) also protested the Mexican filming.
Roy Brewer, who was chair of the AFL's Hollywood Film Council and representative of the West Coast IATSE, complained to Thrifty Drug Stores, which sponsored the show on KECA-TV, resulting in the company's withdrawal of the six Mexican-filmed episodes from the station.
[9] Tabakin was removed from the council's "'unfair' list" after he agreed to limit production of TV shows to the United States.
[10] Production of the show was stopped in April 1954 by the Screen Actors Guild's (SAG) cancellation of the contract that it had with producer Tableau Television, Limited (TT).