In a 1995 interview with TV Eye magazine, Charles 'Bud' Tingwell identified this as his favourite Homicide episode.
Writer Cul Cullen wrote the part of Buddy Rand for John Meillon, but stepped in to play the part himself when Meillon became unavailable, having appeared in the previous episode.
This is one of five episodes repeated in 1994 as part of a special celebrating the programme's 30th anniversary.
In an article published in the TV Week magazine on 16 March 1974, writer Cul Cullen explained, "I was determined to write a Homicide without a car chase, and one that went into the characters of the criminals."