The following actors from this episode previously appeared with Dennis Waterman in The Sweeney (1975). Michael Robbins (McQueen) appeared in Big Brother (1975). James Ottaway (Vickery) appeared in Messenger of the Gods (1978). Michael O'Hagan (Filmer) appeared in Sweeney 2 (1978). Mike Savage (Bernie) appeared in Cover Story (1975). Sara Clee (Rita) appeared in Trust Red (1978). And Peter Wight (Alan-uncredited) appeared in Victims (1978)
James Ottaway (Vickery) later appeared in The Greatest Show in Willesden (1991) as Percy. Simon Cadell (Simon) later appeared in The Wrong Goodbye (1989) as William Pierce. Mike Savage (Bernie) later appeared in The Immaculate Contraption (1994) as Dipso Pete.
Simon Cadell (Simon) later appeared with George Cole in 5 episodes of Blott on the Landscape (1985). He also later appeared with Dennis Waterman in Circles of Deceit: Kalon (1996)
Michael Robbins (McQueen) previously appeared with Dennis Waterman in Up the Junction (1968). He also later appeared with George Cole in Matchmaker (1983), Raffles (1983) and in Cars That Pass in the Night (1986)