 It was part of an eight-film slate he was making at Columbia, others including "Prince of Pirates" with Paul Henreid, "Serpent of the Nile", "Cairo to Suez", "Jack McCall, Desperado", "The Pathfinder", "Siren of Bagdad" and "Flame of Calcutta".In January 1952 the film was formally put on the schedule.It was part of the early 50s boom in Biblical era pictures.