The film was poorly received by the public and was pulled by some cinemas in England three days after opening. It only recovered the production cost after sales to television companies and international releases. It was the worst performing "Carry On" movie at the box office since Carry on at Your Convenience (1971).
"Carry On" series regular star Sidney James died on 26 April 1976 just about a week before filming on this movie started on 3rd May that year. James had appeared in nineteen movies in the series. The pre-production meeting for the film was actually held at 11am at Pinewood Studios on the morning of the same day that James died in the evening.
Tricia Newby replaced Carol Hawkins in the role of Bombardier Murray. Hawkins refused to appear in the film due to the excessive nudity.
The second "Carry On" movie where series regular Kenneth Connor was first-billed in the cast list. The first was 18 years earlier in Carry on Nurse.
The part of Private Alice Easy was written for Barbara Windsor but in the end was cast with Diane Langton. The personalities of the two actresses were uncannily quite similar.
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