In this business you break a leg and 150 other people are out of work while production is shut down. It's not like you were an accountant and could still work with your leg in a cast.

Buck Taylor's father Dub Taylor had a minor role in the film. He was with the Dorsey band in 1941 prior to Sinatra's departure and may have served simply as insurance against Sinatra's likely defection. Curtis played quarterback for his high school football team.