The film was not a critical or commercial success. Time magazine's October 13, 1967, review called it a "1,000,000-mega-ton [sic] bomb" and suggested, "It may ... be the homosexiest movie since Modesty Blaise," referring in part to its stars Courtenay and Blakeley as "spend[ing] the rest of the film in their Jockey shorts playing peekaboo with the villagers" and describing other male characters' costuming as "the cunningest white booties, fishnet T shirts, lavender and puce shorts." The New York Times of October 3, 1967, agreed that the film contained superficially gay overtones, describing some of the film's characters as a "small group of conspicuously swishy young men" and the film as "conspicuously and even offensively campy." Among its other negative descriptions, the Times panned the film as "a fantastic dud," and "a totally amateurish effort ... shockingly pointless and unamusing." According to Fox records, the film needed to earn $1,350,000 in rentals to break even and made $1,590,000, meaning it made a loss. References External links 1967 films 1967 comedy films English-language Greek films British comedy films British satirical films 20th Century Fox films Films set in Greece Films set in the future Films set in the Mediterranean Sea Films about nuclear war and weapons Films directed by Michael Cacoyannis Films scored by Mikis Theodorakis Greek satirical films Greek comedy films 1960s English-language films 1960s British films