Before conceiving the idea for this film, Charles Chaplin had thought of two ideas that he decided against, one was the idea of reviving the tramp (because he realized that the appeal to the tramp was his flexibility), and reviving Verdoux from Monsieur Verdoux (his wife and assistant strongly decided against it.)
Filmed at Shepperton Studios.
Shot for only 12 weeks, the shortest of all Chaplin films.
The first film that Charles Chaplin made in the UK after his exile from America, and his last leading role in a movie.