The day after this episode aired, Dr. Sam Sheppard was finally acquitted of murdering his wife, twelve years after he had been originally convicted. Sheppard's case was the one that inspired this series.
Denny Miller on David Janssen: Of the hundreds of actors I've worked with over the years, Mr. Janssen was by far the quickest study. He was amazing.
Adjusted for inflation, the $5 per diem salary Willie is offered at the carnival would equal approximately $45 in the year 2022.
Actor Art Lewis plays the role of Speiler in this episode, and several years earlier had played a drunk who lost his money to a slot machine in an episode of The Twilight Zone (1959) featuring Everett Sloane titled The Fever (1960). This series involves a man chasing a one-armed man that only he had seen, whereas the "Twilight Zone" episode was about a man being chased by a one-armed bandit that only he could see.
This is the third and final appearance Malcolm Atterbury makes in the series, each time playing a different character, but always in the role of a sheriff. The other two appearances occur in Stroke of Genius (1966) and Man on a String (1964).
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