Teri Garr's first appearance as Phyllis Norton. She had appeared as Police Sgt Nora Mullins in The Million Dollar Round Up (1973) and as an unidentified payroll clerk in The Stage Is All the World (1970). Sgt. Norton became a recurring character over the next two seasons.
McCloud describes Jerry to Mr. Chen as being in his late thirties. In December 1973, Ross Martin was 53 years old and would die 8 years later in 1981 from a heart attack.
Episode reunites Joanna Barnes and Denny Miller who had starred together in Tarzan The Ape Man (1959).
While talking to McCloud at the elevator homicide scene, Chief Clifford states he has 22 years of police experience, which would mean he began circa 1951.