This film's earliest documented telecast took place in Cincinnati Tuesday 4 June 1957 on WXIX (Channel 19) (Newport KY); in Los Angeles it first aired 30 June 1957 on KTTV (Channel 11), in Philadelphia 14 July 1957 on WFIL (Channel 6), in Altoona PA 27 July 1957 on WFBG (Channel 10), in Binghamton NY 11 August 1957 on WNBF (Channel 12), in Omaha 24 August 1957 on WOW (Channel 6), in New York City 5 September 1957 on WCBS (Channel 2), in Tucson 6 September 1957 on KVOA (Channel 4), in Chicago 7 October 1957 on WBBM (Channel 2), in Spokane 23 October 1957 on KHQ (Channel 6), in Honolulu 26 October 1957 on KHVH (Channel 13), in Phoenix 27 October 1957 on KPHO (Channel 5), in Akron 28 October 1957 on WAKR (Channel 49), in New Haven 29 October 1957 on WNHC (Channel 8), in Seattle 3 December 1957 on KING (Channel 5), and in Amarillo 10 December 1957 on KFDA (Channel 19); it finally made it to San Francisco 21 March 1959 on KGO (Channel 7).
This film was successful at the box office for MGM, earning a profit of $230,000 ($3.6M in 2017) according to studio records.