played a small role. It only took a week but the actor said it was "very tiring because of the tricks." In January, three Americans on the film - O'Connor, Levin and writer Henry Motofsky - accidentally crossed the Tunisian border into Algeria 20 miles south of Tozeur while scouting locations in the Sahara Desert and were arrested. They were held for three hours then returned to the film unit. Filming finished in March 1961. "From now on I'll do nothing but drawing room comedies," said O'Connor, "and the only location I'm going on is in my backyard". Reception Critical reception AllMovie, while not particularly favorable toward the film, called it "a fun movie". Box office According to MGM records, the film made a loss of $276,000. References External links 1961 films 1960s fantasy adventure films American fantasy adventure films English-language Italian films English-language French films French fantasy adventure films Films directed by Henry Levin Films directed by Mario Bava Italian fantasy adventure films Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer films CinemaScope films Lux Film films Films scored by Angelo Francesco Lavagnino French fantasy comedy films 1960s fantasy comedy films American fantasy comedy films 1962 comedy films 1962 films 1961 comedy films 1960s English-language films 1960s American films 1960s Italian films 1960s French films