In a 2021 radio interview on TV Confidential, Beau Bridges had this to say: David Janssen was a great guy; he was very kind to me in those beginning years of mine.
Martin Priest and George Savalas are listed in the credits, but their scene is missing from the episode as it runs in syndication. The scene is included, however, in the most recent DVD release of the series.
George Savalas role as the prisoner smiling and leaning on the pick has no lines in the scene. He had a much more prominent role, a recurring role and lots of lines to speak, in his elder brother's, i.e. Telly Savalas's, TV series Kojak (1973).
Adjusted for inflation, the $5,000 scholarship award Mrs. Barlow mentions would be equal to approximately $46,000 in the year 2022.
This is the first of two appearances Ellen Corby makes in the series, each time playing a different character, but a character that is similarly instrumental in helping Dr. Kimble elude arrest for another murder.