 Scenes of this film were shot in Casablanca, Morocco, at the  "Habuse", a tourist area with many shops as well as homes, with  small alleyways. The shopkeepers were paid a days projected income  to close shop for the day. One homeowners doorway was to be  prominently featured, but the man would not step out of his doorway.  He was trying to squeeze more money out of the producers. As a  result, the crew built a back