The movie has a published running time of 120 minutes (although the UK DVD has a running time of 122:38) but cinemagoers in Britain were shown a truncated version of the film. MGM had acquired the United Kingdom release rights in the movie and were intent on releasing it in Britain as their major Christmas film for all the family. Unfortunately the British Board Of Film Censors would only grant the film an X certificate, barring all under eighteen years of age from seeing it. What MGM had perceived as a jolly action romp was deemed by the UK censors to be an excessively violent film suitable only for adults. In tandem with the censors MGM made extensive cuts for a lower 'A' certificate. Virtually all of the graphic violence and female assault scenes in the original film were excised and the British release of the movie was not a success. The current UK DVD contains the original full-length print but has a 15 certificate and is missing 35 secs of a scene featuring a horsefall.