Remake of Conquistador Irresistível (1932). C. Aubrey Smith and Forrester Harvey appeared in the earlier movie, but in different roles.
The original play opened in London, England on October 5, 1928.
Dame Judith Anderson, Nigel Bruce, and C. Aubrey Smith appeared in Sir Alfred Hitchcock's Rebecca (1940).
This movie was not successful at the box-office, resulting in MGM losing thirty-three thousand dollars (five hundred seventy-seven thousand dollars in 2017) according to studio records.
This movie received its initial U.S. telecast in Seattle, Washington on Monday, October 29, 1956 on KING (Channel 5), followed by Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on Tuesday, November 20, 1956 on WFIL (Channel 6), by Los Angeles, California on Tuesday, December 25, 1956 on KTTV (Channel 11) , by Altoona, Pennsylvania on Tuesday, January 15, 1957 on WFBG (Channel 10) and by Portland, Oregon on Friday, January 18, 1957 on KGW (Channel 8) ; in Minneapolis, Minnesota, it first aired on April 19, 1957 on KMGM (Channel 9), and in Hartford, Connecticut on June 10, 1957 on WHCT (Channel 18). It was first telecast in Chicago, Illinois on June 30, 1958 on WBBM (Channel 2), and in San Francisco, California on November 23, 1958 on KGO-TV (Channel 7). Its earliest documented telecast in New York City, New York presently stands at May 25, 1963 on the Late, Late Show on WCBS (Channel 2).