Minehead mechanic and taxi driver, William Baker, was hired to ferry the cast around. As a reward, they placed him in the film as the man cleaning paint off the vandalised statue
The film was to have featured Basil Radford and Naunton Wayne as their characters Charters and Caldicott. However, the actors demanded more screen-time than the producers were prepared to give them. The roles played by Garry Marsh (Goodhusband) and Tom Macaulay (Spanswick) are thinly disguised versions of Charters and Caldicott.
The film was released in the U.S. in 1947 under the title "The Adventuress."
First of nine films from "Individual Productions", formed in 1945 by Frank Launder and Sidney Gilliat.
At the seedy hotel Bridie and David check into, the desk clerk is reading the 8 November 1942 "British edition" of Yank magazine with Winston Churchill on the cover.
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