The film caused protests when shown in Bombay and Madras, as it was considered by many to be British propaganda.
At the time of its 1948 USA re-release, this film was most often shown on the top half of a double bill, along with the USA re-release of The Four Feathers (1939) on the lower half of the program.
This film was included in the first syndicated television presentation of a package of major studio feature films on USA television; it premiered in Detroit Sunday 19 September 1948 on WWJ (Channel 4), followed by Buffalo Sunday 26 September 1948 on WBEN (Channel 4), by Baltimore Saturday 2 October 1948 on WMAR (Channel 2), by Philadelphia Friday 8 October 1948 on WFIL (Channel 6), by Chicago Monday 25 October 1948 on WGN (Channel 9), by St. Louis Thursday 4 November 1948 on KSD (Channel 5), by Los Angeles Sunday 7 November 1948 on KTLA (Channel 5), by New York City Friday 12 November 1948 on WPIX (Channel 11), by Boston Sunday 28 November 1948 on WBZ (Channel 4), by Atlanta Wednesday 15 December 1948 on WSB (Channel 8), by Dayton Sunday 6 March 1949 on WHIO (Channel 13), and by Cincinnati Monday 23 May 1949 on WKRC (Channel 11). Although filmed in Technicolor, these telecasts were in B&W, since color broadcasting was still in its experimental stage. The package consisted of 24 Alexander Korda productions originally released theatrically between 1933 and 1942.
The film depicts heroic British people defending the British Raj against villainous Indian rebels. Understandably, the film was not popular in India.
This was the first film that Zoltan Korda directed in colour.