Guest stars Gavin MacLeod and Joe Turkel would five years later play the two sailors leaving behind Steve McQueen to sacrifice himself to save Candice Bergen in The Sand Pebbles (1966), and the two actors would work together once more two years later in the episode of Ironside (1967) titled Return of the Hero (1968).
This is the third of four stories that Gavin MacLeod appears in for this series, each time playing a different character. His career was soon to take off, playing recurring roles in several popular TV shows of the '60s, '70s, and '80s: most particularly as Happy in McHale's Navy (1962), Murray Slaughter in The Mary Tyler Moore Show (1970), and, perhaps best remembered, as Captain Stubing in The Love Boat (1977).
Adjusted for inflation, the $200,000 Morton Halas claims he earned in 1932 would equal approximately $4,800,000 in the year 2024.
Given an uncredited bit part as one the speakeasy patrons in this show, Charlie Picerni is perhaps better known in the industry for his work as a stunt coordinator/director, as well as performing stunts and acting as stunt doubles for other actors. His work in Die Hard (1988) and the franchise that followed made him a star in the field of movie stunts. The actor who plays Lee Hobson in The Untouchables (1959) is in real life his brother.
Karen Verne, playing Gus Kleeber's landlady, escaped from Nazi Germany in 1938. The notion that Kleeber's father is a prisoner in Nazi Germany would have resonated with her both in the part she was playing and personally.