It was based on a play by Stafford Dickens which debuted in February 1938. The
Daily Telegraph said there wer "one or two very funny moments" but felt "the play as a whole was a trite and ordinary piece of work, badly put together and written without much feeling for character or sense of plausibility." British National originally bought the rights to the story in early 1938 as a vehicle for Richard Goulden who made
Meet Mr. Penny for the studio. Filming took place in July 1938 at Welwyn Studios under the title
If You Had a Million with Wallace Evenett in the lead. However the movie was not released until May 1940 under the title
The Second Mr Bush. ==Release==