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* [[Actor Allusion]]:

** The [[Boris Karloff]] [[Casting Gag]] below (which was only for the original run of the play).

* [[Playing Against Type]]: Cary Grant, who usually plays suave and sophisticated characters, in the movie plays a character who starts out like that, but becomes increasingly panicked and flustered as the story goes on.

* [[What Could Have Been]]: Frank Capra originally wanted [[Bob Hope]] to play Mortimer in the film, but Hope was under contract with [[Paramount]], who refused to loan him out. [[Jack Benny]] and [[Ronald Reagan]] were also considered for the role before they settled on Grant.