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I was at first afraid that this costume adventure flick was produced by the Columbia Pictures home producer, the infamous Sam Katzman who was so greedy that it often made films worst than they could have been with bigger budgets. But this Phil Karlson's film is maybe also very cheap, however the Sam Katzman's touch, trademark, is not here. I was very surprised, because this kind of story, period is totally in the Katzman's fashion. Many movie buffs forget this film when they present or talk about Phil Karlson. But Karlson was more a film noir specialist than anything else, I admit. This movie remains a good gem to watch anyway.