Mexican Hayride
The film is based on Cole Porter's Broadway musical Mexican Hayride starring Bobby Clark.It turns out that Joe, now the 'goodwill ambassador', is also being pursued by American authorities for partaking in the oil stock scam; he uses an alias, 'Humphrey Fish', while in Mexico.Joe is persuaded to participate in Harry's, Dagmar's and Mary's plan to sell fake silver mine stock.Costello wanted a different cast, including Carmen Miranda and Lucille Ball, while Abbott simply hated the script.The Cole Porter song "I Love You" sung by Virginia Grey and John Hubbard was filmed but cut from the released movie.