 It was offered first to Bob Hope, then to Danny Kaye, but both turned it down because they had already done army comedies.Paramount made arrangements to bring Cantinflas up from Mexico for the film, but the war ended, making army comedies obsolete.The screenplay was updated for Martin and Lewis by Herbert Baker, who would write several other films for the team as well as write for Martin on "The Dean Martin Show" TV series and three of Martin's Matt Helm films.