 When United Artist executives were first screened a print of the  film at 10 am one morning with Arthur Krim (qv) in attendance,  when the movie finished around midday, there was a quiet silence at  the end of the screening. The European head exec stated that the  only good thing about the picture was that they couldnt lose with  it with only a budget of about $(US)840,000. Producers  Harry Saltzman (qv) and Albert R. Broccoli (qv) were shaken and  stirred.