Director John Huston originally wanted to make this movie in the Forties, but could not get it off the ground.

John Huston couldn't get his beloved adventure project off the ground in the '40s with the dream team of Bogart and Gable, but much later thought of pairing Burton and O'Toole, the great stars of the film "Becket."

When director John Huston first tried to launch a production of this unforgettable adventure project in the 1940s, he thought of the biggest star in films, Gable.

Director John Huston wanted to make the film with his father Walter Huston and Humphrey Bogart, but Walter passed away.

John Huston's "pet" adventure project nearly got off the ground with O'Toole, but it was not to be.