Trivia

Jane Powell and W.C. Fields have one scene together, during which he ad-libbed all of his lines.

Film debut of Jane Powell.

Director S. Sylvan Simon had terrible difficulty filming scenes with W.C. Fields due to Fields' alcoholism. After lunch hour he was often nowhere to be found. This problem was solved by luring Fields into his truck early in the day and removing the ladder. Fields would often rant and complain before eventually falling asleep.

The film opened in New York on D-Day, June 6, 1944, the day that the Allied Forces during World War II landed on the beach at Normandy and invaded Europe. The landing has been commemorated in several films, including D-Day the Sixth of June (1956), The Longest Day (1962), and Saving Private Ryan (1998).

Was often double billed with the re-release of Disney's Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937).