Fourth and final appearance of Richard Hale, and tenth and final appearance of William Bramley. Both men played various characters.
There's a classically acerbic exchange between Doc and Festus near the beginning, regarding buying a little lot with a little money, along the lines of Who's on First. Curtis claimed that he and Stone ad-libbed, but Bishop always maintained that it was a'scripted that'a way.
This is the second and final appearance in the series for Harrison Ford.
This episode was the only directing credit for Paul F. Edwards, who has onscreen credit as assistant story consultant on every episode of season 16, 17, and 18, including this one. Paul F. Edwards also had a "written by" credit on five episodes of Gunsmoke, as well as numerous other TV series and movies.