 The movie has a published running time of 120 minutes (although the UK DVD  has a running time of 122:38) but cinemagoers in Britain were shown a  truncated version of the film. MGM had acquired the United Kingdom release  rights in the movie and were intent on releasing it in Britain as their major  Christmas film for all the family. Unfortunately the British Board Of Film  Censors would only grant the film an X certificate, barring all under sixteen  years of age from seeing it. What MGM had perceived as a jolly action romp  was deemed by the UK censors to be an excessively violent film suitable only  for adults. In tandem with the censors MGM made extensive cuts, but still the  censors would only grant an A certificate, meaning that children could only  be admitted to see the film if accompanied by an adult. All hopes that MGM  had of marketing the film as Christmas family fare evaporated. Virtually all  of the graphic violence in the original film was excised and the British  release of the movie was not a success. The current UK DVD contains the  original full