[3] Damascus is governed by the fierce tyrant Baktiar, who will be forced to give up his throne once his daughter Jamila is married.

Disappointment over being stuck in a stinker was eased considerably by weekly infusions of cash, delivered personally by the production manager.

He worshipped American movies and didn't seem to care how lousy the material was, as long as he could follow in the boots of his boyhood idols.

[6] Hunter recalled, "We tried to make script improvements, through an interpreter, but at a certain point I just gave in and accepted that there was no pony under the pile of shit.

"[10] Variety said the film "owing to its lack of dramatic cohesian and rather unimaginative creative approach to the wide open possibilities of special effects spectacle" was not likely to match the box office success of MGM's Captain Sinbad.