James Mason and Laurence Olivier were the two front runners for the role eventually played by Charles Laughton.
Charles Laughton was paid $100,000 by Dino De Laurentiis, almost twice the salary he received for "Spartacus ", released the same year.
According to Mylène Demongeot in her memoirs, Charles Laughton arrived from London on the set to perform his role, and the director told him how to play the character. But, instead of obeying to what the director said, Laughton told him where to put the camera.
Debut of actress Moira Orfei.
The ship, Abdullah, that caused so much consternation to the Atlantis is the fictional name for the British ship, Kemmendine.
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