In the opening scene in a speakeasy, Colonel Ginsburg takes a sip of beer, grimaces and says "I can taste the needles". This refers to "needle beer" which was made by taking legal, low-alcohol beer and adding grain alcohol to it, often by injecting into the keg with a needle.
In 1932 Warners re-shot this same comedy with French-speaking actors (replacing the original performers), delivering all their dialog in French, at the same Hollywood studio, in the same sets, and using the same script (translated into French), under the French title "Le bluffeur" (The Bluffer). Subtitles weren't yet in vogue, so Warners gave French-speaking audiences a parallel version they could understand, played mostly by French actors. Powell's star part was played by Andre Luguet, Brent's by Lucienne Radisse, Sidney's by Torben Meyer, Kibbee's by Andre Cheron, McHugh's by Jacques Jou-Jerville, Middleton's by Georges Renavent, Beresford's by Christian Rub, and Littlefield's by Emile Chautard. Meyer, Renavent, Rub, and Chautard were already permanently ensconced in Hollywood, while most of the other French-speaking actors were imported from Paris just for these parallel French-language versions in the early 1930s. When subtitles and dubbing were soon "perfected", the US studios ceased making parallel versions like "Le bluffeur".
Evans' unpaid bar bill of $108 would equate to over $2,400 in 2023.
Aben Kandel's play, "Hot Money," opened on at George M. Cohan's Theatre, 1482 Broadway in New York City, New York, USA on 7 November 1931 and closed later that month after only 9 performances. The opening night cast included Leo Donnelly as Gar, Dorothy Vernon as Francine, Robert Fischer as Mr. Ginsberg and Peggy Conklin as Helen.
André Luguet, who plays Señor Rodriguez without screen credit in the USA version, plays the leading role in the French language version.