This film failed at the box office, resulting in a loss to MGM of $262,000 ($3.3M in 2023) according to studio records.
This film's first documented telecast took place in Miami Tuesday 4 June 1957 on WCKT (Channel 7); it first aired in Seattle 27 June 1957 on KING (Channel 5), in Portland OR 3 July 1957 on KGW (Channel 8), in Omaha 10 July 1957 on WOW (Channel 6), in Chicago 13 July 1957 on WBBM (Channel 2), in Los Angeles 21 July 1957 on KTTV (Channel 11), in Philadelphia 4 August 1957 on WFIL (Channel 6), in Lubbock TX 5 August 1957 on KCBD (Channel 11), in New Haven CT 15 August 1957 on WNHC (Channel 8), in Amarillo 21 August 1957 on KFDA (Channel 19), in Syracuse 2 September 1957 on WHEN (Channel 8), in Norfolk VA 10 October 1957 on WTAR (Channel 3), in Altoona PA 14 October 1957 on WFBG (Channel 10), in Honolulu 2 November 1957 on KHVH (Channel 13), and in Hartford CT 8 November 1957 on WHCT (Channel 18); it finally found its way to San Francisco 3 March 1959 on KGO (Channel 7) and to New York City 22 July 1961 on WCBS (Channel 2).
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