Norman Wisdom always congratulated Terence Alexander on being able to keep a straight face. Later, Alexander admitted that had he not been making so much money from these films, he would have told Wisdom that the reason for his straight face was that he did not find Wisdom remotely funny.
Robert Desmond, who played the tailor Griffith in "The Great Escape" (1963), appears in this film as the sentry on the main gate of the Army camp who incurs the wrath of General Hunt for not asking to see his pass.
The 7th most popular film in the UK in 1959, and a comeback of sorts for link=nm0936295], whose films had been declining in popularity in the past couple of years.
The first of the Wisdom films where Norman's surname is revealed as Pitkin. Edward Chapman's second Wisdom film but the first as recurring character Mr. Grimsdale.
Opening credits: All characters and events in this film are fictitious. Any similarity to actual events or persons living or dead is purely coincidental.