'Julian Holloway (I)' made his "Carry On..." debut in this film.
Phil Silvers had short term memory loss during the making of the film and had to have boards placed behind the camera in order that he remembered his lines. Kenneth Williams publicly rebuked him both on-set and his personal diaries for this.
Phil Silvers kept losing his contact lenses in the sands.
Talbot Rothwell the writer of the film, named Anita Harris character "Corktip" after the character "Cigarette", played by Claudette Colbert in Under Two Flags.
During rehearsal the camel bit Jim Dale on the leg, Peter Rogers hit it with an umbrella, the owner was said to be furious.
During the desert food scene - most of the food went off after three days of filming and the rest had to be sprayed with a preservative.
Filming of the Sahara Desert scenes took place on Camber Sands, however filming was actually halted at one point due to snow.
For most of the filming Jim Dale and Peter Butterworth were not speaking to one another, even though they had the majority of scenes together.
The camel used in the film came from Chessington Zoo. It had never walked on sand before and corrugated material covered with sand had to be placed on the floor.
The final scene when the face of the baby is shown the script said that Phil Silvers would be used. However, in the end Kenneth Williams did the scene as the baby.
The horse used in the desert scenes would not gallop only canter. The producer speeded up the film in order to show the horse galloping.
The role of Sergeant Nocker was intended for Sid James who was unavailable following a mild heart attack
This the second Carry On film produced by Rank, and like Carry on Pimpernel, it was released without the "Carry On..." prefix.