This episode was inspired by the film noir genre of the 1940s and the 1950s.
Like his character Wild Bill Moran, Howard Duff had a reputation for being a heavy drinker and getting into physical fights in the 1940s.
Bonafacio "Baby" Duerte was born in 1918 and was murdered in 1947.
Promotional photographs of Laraine Day, Howard Duff and Paul Stewart from the 1940s are used to represent their respective characters Laura Sinclair, Wild Man Moran and Kenneth Holmes in their younger days. The first photo of Day is taken from Keep Your Powder Dry (1945).