After four
Pekka and Pätkä films, screenwriter
Reino Helismaa was ready to leave his characters behind and planned to name the characters Julius and Jallu (played by Pakarinen and Niemi) in his next film, but producer
T. J. Särkkä did not want to give up his popular duo and so the film became the fifth
Pekka and Pätkä film. Because Justiina Puupää (played by
Siiri Angerkoski in the previous films) was not considered necessary to include in the story, she was omitted except for the image depicting her in the film. == Reception ==