This episode was released on video as the first half of The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Tales of Innocence (1999) (chapter 16 of 22), the second half being a never before screened episode set in Marocco.
George Lucas persuaded Bille August to direct two episodes of the series even though he had first declined. The two have been good friends ever since.
Selections of Laurence Rosenthal's score for this episode can be heard on the Varese Sarabande CD "The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles Volume Four" (1994), produced by Robert Townson.
Jay Underwood(Ernest Hemingway) is the 2nd actor from the Not Quite Human movie series to star in the Young Indiana Jones series. The first was Robin Lively, who played Nancy, Indy's girlfriend.