 Director J. Lee Thompson (qv) complained at the time that UK  censor John Trevelyan (qv) had ruined the film by making extensive  cuts, and the number of edits suggested ranged from 60 to over 100.  Trevelyan later replied that he had made only 15 cuts, totalling  around 6 minutes, with edits made to the beating of Diane Taylor and  to shots of Mitchum gazing at Nancy Bowden in her swimsuit. All  later UK video releases restored the cinema cuts.