"[4] The plot concerns a man, Joe Blake, who works as a stage hand in a vaudeville theatre headlined by Mysto the magician.

When he finds out that the girl he is in love with, Molly, is getting married, he gets drunk with his friend Happy Morgan and decides to commit suicide.

Joe escapes with the help of Clara, a woman who has a crush on him, resulting in a wild speedboat chase across Sydney harbour.

Ken Hall later said: Wallace... was a visual comic and easily, in my opinion, the best comedian that this country has produced.

[8] The story followed a formula developed in Wallace's Ticket in Tatts: "George is given a simple labourer's job... Quite innocently is fired...

It really surprised the public when four extras started to sing in an Australian picture with an integrated score... Wallace had tremendous ability as a fall-down dancer; nobody could fall better or easier.

[6]The male romantic lead was played by Neil Carlton, a Melbourne-born actor who had appeared in films in England.

[12] During the shooting of a speedboat chase scene on Sydney Harbour, the boat crashed into a racing eight near Double Bay, cutting it in half and injuring three rowers.