 On 19 November 1933, during location filming in Mexico,  Lee Tracy (qv), originally cast as Johnny Sykes, got drunk,  urinated from his hotel balcony onto a passing military parade, was  arrested, fired from the film and replaced by  Stuart Erwin (I) (qv). Original director Howard Hawks (qv) was  also fired for refusing to testify against Tracy, and replaced by  Jack Conway (qv).