Uris' source novel novel is partially based on a libel action brought against the author in relation to his earlier novel "Exodus" by Dr. Wladislaw Dering, a Polish physician who worked at Auschwitz. Ultimately Dr Dering was awarded a half-penny damages, the smallest possible amount at the time and he had to pay Uris; court costs.
Lod Airport is now known as Ben-Gurion Airport.
This was the last program made under the name of Columbia's television branch, Screen Gems.