Filmed in France by French and Italian cast and crew members, the production was hectic and chaotic for the English-speaking stars.

The film stars Ava Gardner and Anthony Franciosa with Amedeo Nazzari, Gino Cervi, Lea Padovani, Massimo Serato and a largely Italian cast.

To save money the film was shot in Italy with a predominantly Italian cast and crew.

Hall's design for a later production of Romeo and Juliet, which played outdoors in Verona with an Italian cast, was backed by the city's peeling walls while church bells tolled.

Top Fox director J. Gordon Edwards shot the movie, a sumptuous production for sure, with a primarily Italian cast and he filmed in Middle-Eastern countries such as Palestine, Jerusalem and Egypt.

Eastwood mostly communicated with the Italian cast and crew through stuntman Benito Stefanelli, who acted as an interpreter for the production.

MTV responded to the controversy by issuing a press release which stated in part, "The Italian American cast takes pride in their ethnicity.

The film stars Clark Gable, Sophia Loren, Vittorio De Sica and an Italian cast.

The movie was made with a largely Italian cast and crew.

Simon recalled that the Italian supporting cast learned their lines phonetically.