Sam Peckinpah had a great fondness for this episode, and often told interviewers that it was based on a true story told him by the real-life "Jeff" when she was an old woman.
Marie Selland who plays Glorie (preaching salvation) was director Sam Peckinpah's wife at the time.
Warren Oates who plays the drunk, would go on to act in four of director Sam Peckinpah's films, Ride the High Country (1962), Major Dundee (1965), The Wild Bunch (1969) and Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia (1974).
This was the first time on television a swear word was ever said with Dave saying "Sorry about a damn fool".
There's a religious zealot character, which would become a staple in Sam Peckinpah's big screen Westerns.