Jennifer Runyon appears twice in the Murder, She Wrote (1984) universe, her first appearance is in Seal of the Confessional (1989) and her second outing is in Murder, Plain and Simple (1991), as the character Rebecca Beiler. Interestingly, actor Hunt Block makes his second appearance in Murder, Plain and Simple (1991) as a different character, too.
Madlyn Rhue (Doris West) returned to the series as recurring character Jean the librarian in seasons 10 through 12.
This is the first of three appearances for Hunt Block. He appears in Seal of the Confessional (1989), as Father Donald Barnes, Murder, Plain and Simple (1991), as Reuben Stoltz, and Programmed for Murder (1992), as Dr Jonas Beckwith.
This marks a reunion for Hunt Block and Angela Lansbury both of whom had co-starred together five years before in The First Olympics: Athens 1896 (1984).