Submitted to the British Board of Film Censors under the title Last Meeting by UK distributor Archway and passed with an "X" certificate on 16 July 1953. The London premiere was at the Marble Arch Pavilion (owned by Archway) on 1 October 1953 and ran five weeks, closing on 4 November 1953. During the latter part of the film's run, according to the billing in The Times, the certificate was modified to "A."