Production
Initially, producer De Laurentis wanted Italian director Federico Fellini to direct the picture. At the end of the Thirties, when Italian authorities banned American comics on Italian papers and comics magazines with the exception of Mickey Mouse, publisher Nerbini asked young Fellini to write some new adventure for the popular character. So, at the beginning of the Seventies, De Laurentis asked Fellini to direct the movie, but the great director refused.
According to Empire magazine, Sam J. Jones had disagreements of some sort with director Hodges and producer De Laurentiis and departed prior to post-production, which resulted in almost all of his dialogue being dubbed by a professional voice actor (impersonating Jones' voice) whose identity is still a mystery. A sequel was proposed, but the departure of Jones effectively ended any such prospects. According to Mike Hodges on his DVD commentary, the air field scene at the beginning of the film (though set in the U.S.) was shot in Scotland.
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