 This film gained some infamy at the time of its release because of  the death of one of its stuntmen. He was attacked and killed on  camera while working with what was supposed to be a sedated shark.  When the production company used the death to help promote the film,  director Samuel Fuller (qv), who had been clashing with the  producers on a wide variety of issues relating to the film, quit the  production. When he finally saw the version that was released to  theaters, he said they had butchered it so badly while editing it  that it was no longer recognizable as his film and demanded that his  name be taken off of it, but the producers refused.