General Stone asks Rice if he ever reads detective novels. Rice replies he has been through a few westerns, and Stone replies he preferred detective stories. Neville Brand would go on to star as Reese Bennett for two seasons in the Western Laredo (1965) just 4 years later.
Many actors on this episode would go on to star in TV series of their own: Neville Brand in Laredo; Yale Summers in Daktari; Linda Evans in The Big Valley and Dynasty; Robert Vaughn in The Man from U.N.C.L.E.; Harold Gould in Soap; Greg Morris in Mission: Impossible and Vegas; Don Penny in The Wackiest Ship in the Navy; and Richard Anderson for The Six Million Dollar Man and The Bionic Woman.
The main writer of this particular script, Beirne Lay Jr., was known for his writing in military subjects and his service in the USAAF during World War II. His most famous credit is as the co-writer of the classic World War II novel Twelve O'Clock High.