Lead actor Peter Sellers and executive producer Lynne Frederick were married at the time that this movie was made. This film was their final collaboration. Originally, Frederick was not working on this film. In order to ensure that the picture was completed, actress Frederick was brought on to the movie as an Assistant Producer. The movie was Frederick's final screen credit. Frederick's last movie as actress had been Sellers' previous film, The Prisoner of Zenda (1979).
'John G Avildsen' replaced Richard Quine as director. The creative relationship was short-lived as Avildsen and Peter Sellers soon parted company. Piers Haggard then replaced Avildsen as director. Sellers eventually fired Haggard. As such, on this film, Sellers went through three directors before himself becoming the picture's fourth. Sellers directed the film's re-shoots.