 Scott Marlowe (1932–2001) made his screen debut in the film.Along with "The Pride and the Passion" and "Houseboat", it was one of Loren's biggest box-office successes during the 1950s.Filmed immediately following the breakthrough Italian-American co-production, "Ulysses" (Lux Films/Ponti-DeLaurentiis/Paramount Pictures, 1954), "Attila, Scourge of God" represented an independent attempt by the same Italian producers to make a film with an American lead actor in hopes of licensing it to an American studio for distribution on more lucrative terms.