According to Orson Welles's conversations with Peter Bogdanovich, as recounted in the book "This is Orson Welles", Victor Mature had his sandals built up by three inches to make him look taller.
This film earned the meager profit of $34,000 according to studio records.
Orson Welles plays a role as the Tartar leader. He also played a similar role eleven years before in The Black Rose (1950).
Italian censorship visa # 34051 delivered on 18 February 1961.