I like watching this film as a double feature with The Vikings starring Kirk Douglas.

Richard Widmark is a low budget Kirk Douglas.

Russ Tamblyn is a low budget Tony Curtis.

Oscar Homolka is a low budget Ernest Borgnine.

What's her face the Italian actress is a low budget Janet Leigh.

Good actors and actresses all, but not quite the legends that their predecessors became.

Sidney Poitier with his stern but elegant portrayal of the obsessed Muslim raises the picture above the fray of the Viking movies that were so typical of the times.