Dean Martin refused to finish the film with anyone but Marilyn Monroe as his co-star, so when Monroe died unexpectedly in August 1962, the film was abandoned.
For one sequence in this film, Marilyn Monroe was to wear a flesh-colored bathing suit and appear to be swimming in the nude. When the scene was being filmed, Marilyn doffed the costume and wore only a flesh-colored bikini bottom. During a still photo session after filming the scene, she removed even that. The resulting publicity photos, many with Marilyn's obviously naked back to camera, garnered the film worldwide media coverage.
Dean Martin reportedly threatened to walk off the set when he heard Marilyn Monroe was out, so she was rehired.
The documentary Marilyn Monroe: The Final Days (2001) includes a 37-minute segment made from the surviving unused footage of what was to have been this film.