- In the release print as owned and screened by the British Film Institute, the ending sequence titles are different from the Studiocanal owned prints (available on DVD) with no credit given to actress Germaine Delbat, while a dedicated message of acknowledgment to Michael Arthur Film Productions is shown on behalf of the producers.
- The original cut as submit for UK classification in April 1964 was 100 minutes long, featuring additional segments and longer scenes which are referenced by original production stills and archive interviews with Ken Russell. The most significant cuts included scenes of Jim and Henry attempting to hitch-hike from Boulogne but ultimately left to walk on foot to Le Touquet. Becoming lost as the light faded, they eventually stumble across a ruined Tudor hotel and meet a kind old concierge (played by Germaine Delbat as credited in the film but never seen) who puts them both up for the night before they set off in the morning to find Françoise Fayol in Le Touquet. After helping Françoise destroy her agent's marketing campaign, the trio drive back to the hotel where they have a picnic. Jim convinces Françoise to return to Gormleigh with them in order to host the town's film festival. The final released 86 minute print cuts all of these scenes which were said to have been the favorite of the producer Kenneth Harper and director Ken Russell. The distributor having already buried the film in 1963, eventually agreed to put it out on a small circuit in 1964 as a sudden popularity for James Booth arose following the release of Zulu. By then the distributor felt the film to have been too long and demanded numerous scenes throughout to be cut. The additional scenes in France were also eventually to be dropped. Germaine Delbat remains credited despite never appearing in the final release, it is possible that her scenes with the Tudor hotel remained until the very late stages of post production.
- The film was also offered by the distributor as a double billing in 1964 with even further cuts made from the 86 minutes to run as a B-movie.
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