When asked by journalist and close Broccoli affiliate Donald Zec if they had any ideas for their non-"Bond" film, Harry Saltzman, who had previously made "The Iron Petticoat" with Hope, suggested a Bob Hope movie. Zec replied that he had seen a British rock and roll group called The Beatles that had sellout crowds and thought about featuring them in a film. Saltzman laughed and asked why he would want to make a film about four young long-haired kids from Liverpool when he had Bob Hope. United Artists made The Beatles film with Walter Shenson and "A Hard Day's Night" was more successful than "Call Me Bwana".