The first American made for television movie to star Franco Nero.
Of the three feature films purporting to tell Valentino's life story, this one bears the least resemblance to the truth. In fact, it is so utterly falsified that, for legal reasons, the opening titles had to read: The Legend of Valentino...A Romantic Fiction.
Uncredited appearance of Lani O'Grady(Eight is Enough) as one of the young women Judd Hirsch/Jack Auerbach tries to pay to be an adoring Valentino fan.