Passed by the British Board of Film Censors with a "U" certificate on 23 June 1961. Simultaneously premiered in London at the Prince of Wales (ABC), Harrow Road and at the Broadway (ABC), Hammersmith on 26 December 1961, running at both cinemas for just a week. UK distributors M-G-M decided against a general release, although the film was booked by a fair number of ABC cinemas and independents. After vanishing in the mid-1960s, the film was revived at King's Cross Scala's The Other Cinema on 19 March 1983 as part of a Steve Reeves Festival. Curiously, never released to British video or DVD.