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The movie was originally meant to star [[Deborah Kerr]] and [[James Mason]] but Kerr could not get out of her contract with [[MGM]], so they cast [[Wendy Hiller]].<ref>MacDonald (1994) p. 245</ref> Hiller was originally cast in the three roles Kerr played in ''The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp'' but had to withdraw when she became pregnant.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article59326759 |title=Ginger Rogers' Return to Musical Comedy|newspaper=[[Sunday Times (Perth)]] |issue=2442 |___location=Western Australia |date=3 December 1944 |access-date=29 October 2017 |page=11 (SUPPLEMENT TO "THE SUNDAY TIMES") |via=[[National Library of Australia]]}}</ref><ref name="sight">Powell and Pressburger: the war years. Badder, David. [[Sight and Sound]]; London Vol. 48, Iss. 1, (Winter 1978): 8.</ref>

Six weeks before filming, Mason pulled out of the movie, saying he did not want to go on ___location. [[Roger Livesey]] read the script and asked to play the role. Powell thought he was too old and portly but Livesey lost "ten or twelve pounds" (four or five kilos) and lightened his hair; Powell was convinced.<ref>Powell (1986) p. 476</ref>

Powell's golden cocker spaniels Erik and Spangle made their third appearance in an Archers film: previously in ''[[Contraband (1940 film)|Contraband]]'' (1940) and ''[[The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp]]'' (1943), they were later also to be seen in ''A Matter of Life and Death'' (1946).<ref>{{IMDb name|1521132|Erik}}, {{IMDb name|1526257|Spangle}}</ref>