 American International Pictures bought "Key of Keys" for $66,000.  However, they quickly realized that it was far too confusing for  Western audiences. It was AIP president Henry G. Saperstein (qv)  who came up with the idea of turning the original inscrutable  thriller into a comedy by dubbing comedy dialogue over it. As  Woody Allen (qv) had just scored an unexpected hit with his  screenplay for _Whats New, Pussycat (1965)_ (qv), Saperstein hired  him.