O'Hara called it "a 'tits and sand' picture...one of the films that I point to as part of my decorative years but audiences love them.

[4][5][6] The film was directed by Charles Lamont and included choreography by Lester Horton and Bella Lewitzky.

In April 1949 Universal announced the film would star Yvonne de Carlo and Swiss actor Paul Christian.

It would be Christian's Hollywood debut - he had meant to star in Sword in the Desert but been ruled out due to an eye infection.

“No one could make her stop, and the furious reprimand by the sound man to the animal owner brought out the news that the camel must have fallen in love with one of the cast.