Maverick

Modesty Blaine is being played in this episode by actress Kathleen Crowley, where previously the part had been played by Mona Freeman.

Kathy Bennett sings Who's Gonna Walk Me Home Tonight?

The character of Wyatt Earp is seen in this episode, the only time he's see in the entire series though he is referred to on occasion.

Ed Nelson guest stars as Gary Harrison. He is the only actor who appeared on Maverick and later guest star on Bret Maverick.

Discontinuity: Although billed as Blackjack Hardy in the end credits, Frank DeKova's character is referred to as Blackjack Carney throughout the entire episode.

If some of the characters seem just a little familiar in this episode, go back and watch Bonanza.

Starting with this episode, Season Five of Maverick features Jack Kelly only in new episodes, while on alternating weeks, reruns of James Garner will be shown. Garner left the show in a dispute with the studio.

Discontinuity: When Score mentions moving into the Commandant's quarters, Bassington refers to him as Major Score, as if he's been promoted, but in the very next line he calls him Captain Score again.

Discontinuity: Chad Everett is listed in the end credits of Part 1, but only appears in Part 2.

The names of the songs that Joan Marshall sings are Who's Gonna Walk Me Home Tonight? and I Wanna Man.

Brent looks vaguely familiar as actor Robert Colbert was reportedly given the exact same costume to wear that his predecessor, James Garner, wore.

Bret Maverick is mentioned in the dialogue of this episode even though James Garner had already left the show.

Jack Kelly plays a dual role in this episode.

The Bella Union, where Bart goes to meet Clover McCoy, is the same club (or the same stock footage) which Bart and Walter Osborne wanted to purchase during Season Two's The Judas Mask.

During the course of this episode we hear that the year is 1876.

The song Dutchman's Gold which is heard sung in this episode, was written by Jerry Capehart, the writer who supplied this episode's story idea. Capehart also co-wrote Summertime Blues and C'mon Everybody with Eddie Cochran.

Roger Moore appears only briefly in the opening and closing scenes of this episode.

Roger Moore is seen only briefly at the end of the episode.

Will Hutchins parodies his Sugarfoot role in this episode.

Flayger: I advanced you a hundred dollars to corpus delicti the Mavericks.

"Corpus delicti" is Latin for "body of the crime" used here to mean: "murder" the Mavericks.