Dragnet has often used the same actors for different roles, whether cops, suspects, or supporting characters. Sometimes the actor plays the same cop in several episodes. In this episode, Art Gilmore plays Captain Howe, as he did in 4 other episodes. In the very next episode in the series, Gilmore plays Captain Lambert, as he did in one other episode. He has also been Captain Green, Captain Brown, Captain Walton, Captain Milemore, Captain Colwell, and Captain Nelson, as well as Lieutenant Moore. All tolled, he appeared in 14 episodes, playing 9 characters.
In the opening shot a man was holding up a placard which states " Because of a few, must all suffer" in front of the nightclub called "Pandora's Box". Before the "Riot on the Sunset Strip", the Los Angeles Sheriff's Department imposed a 10 pm curfew which singled out teenagers. The reason was due a number of complaints from local businesses concerning congregation of youths and drug use.
Luana Anders plays a hippie, and would soon play a hippie in Easy Rider.
The dog guy's car is a 1966 Chevelle 300 station wagon.
Merry Anders appeared in seven episodes total as Policewoman Dorothy Miller, but is usually in interior scenes. Here she gets to go on the beat, undercover.