Steele mentions the movie Romancing the Stone (1984) when he compares Laura and Roselli to the characters from the movie. Mary Ellen Trainor who plays Estelle Becker, was in the movie Romancing the Stone as Elaine.
As Remington Steel in this episode a very disheveled Pierce Brosnan checks into a very posh hotel. Brosnan would do so again as James Bond in Die Another Day (2002).