The lashing with a cat-o'-nine-tails that Edmund Purdom undergoes on board the slave ship marks the second time he's been whipped in the movies. He's also flogged while imprisoned in a dungeon in Tempel der Versuchung (1955). This flogging ranks 66th in the book, "Lash! The Hundred Great Scenes of Men Being Whipped in the Movies."
Passed by the British Board of Film Censors as White Slave Ship on 20 September 1962 with an "A" certificate. UK distributor Anglo Amalgamated used the AIP dubbed version with the end title crediting Les Baxter as composer. Although not generally released on the major circuits, White Slave Ship was widely available from 7 October 1962 (at Coventry's Alexandra, etc), eventually opening in London at Harlesden's Coliseum on 21 January 1963. Anglo chose Escape to Paradise (1960) as the supporting feature throughout the provinces, but London received La guerra continua (1962) as the co-feature.