In the DVD version released in 2010, Chapter I, which originally aired as a 2 hour segment, is split into two, one-hour episodes with the same opening and closing credits.
Nick Nolte steadfastly refused to reprise his role from the previous TV miniseries (which would be impossible anyway given his death in said series).
Penny Peyser and William Smith would both appear in The Frisco Kid. Ironically, like here, Peyser would play the ingenue of the hero while Smith plays the villain who wants him dead.
G.D. Spradlin and Peter Donat were both part of The Godfather Part II senate hearing scene, and are part of very similar senate hearings.
James Carroll Jordan and Penny Peyser, who play secret young lovers, both got married in real life having met on this production.