This is one of the earliest examples of a TV show dealing with movie piracy in the home video market. The home video market had only been in existence since 1975 when Betamax video tapes was first introduced.
One man says that they have 4,000 ft of film, if he is talking about edited footage, that works out to be just under 45 minutes of screen time. (35 mm at 24 frames per second standard).
Guest star Larry Watson's third and final appearance on "Barnaby Jones".