Uncredited Actors: During the opening scene, a demonstrative, flower-carrying Roger Brody runs into an annoyed Don Anderson in the airport terminal. He also plays a courtroom spectator sitting directly behind the widow Nellie, and he reappears in the final scene in a café in Paris! Robert Wegner is a bailiff in the courtroom. Submitted by gracenote, 4/5/2011.
+ If I’ve correctly ID’d Don Anderson in the final café scene, then he’s the gent with the well-tanned face wearing the suit & tie and seated facing the camera at the table in the near-background toward the right of the screen. This final scene is the second of two Paris café scenes with exactly the same table arrangements and far-background Paris street. That is, it’s the same café and the centre of the camera’s attention is the same table in both scenes! The first scene is the one in which Paul interrogates Marie’s former Private Detective, Monsieur Arnaux. Don Anderson is seated in exactly the same chair and place at the same table wearing the same clothes in both scenes! At least three other cast extras also do double-duty in the two scenes, although they move or are positioned differently:

• a beautiful blonde wearing an elegant white skirt-suit (who gets considerable attention from Paul & Arnaux in the earlier scene),
• a pretty young woman with medium colour hair dressed differently in the second scene, and
• Arnaux, seated with back to camera in the final scene but recognizable by his hat and dark suit.

Production expedience or playfulness? Both, I think. Submitted by Gary Woloski, 24 January 2012.

Location: This episode boasts several shots of Paris. About halfway through the syndication print, for example, is a rather sweeping one with the Eiffel Tower, the Arc de Triomphe, and other sights. Submitted by gracenote, 4/5/2011.

Sightings: In the courtroom on the prosecutor’s side we find Quiet Old Man #1 and Distinguished Gentleman #1. Meanwhile, Little Old Lady #1 sits two rows behind Nellie. And as Burger stands to make an objection, we can see Pencil Mustache Man looking intently on. Please read more about these favorite frequent faces. Submitted by gracenote, 4/5/2011.

Although credited, Ray Collins as Lt. Tragg does not appear. Submitted by gracenote, 4/6/2011.

Murder Day. In court, Perry firmly states that sunset on the day of the murder was at “a quarter to eight.” Taking that to the nearest minute as 7:45pm and the year as 1964, the day of the murder must be one of Tues 12 May, Wed 13 May or Tues 11 Aug. See these LA sunrise/sunset calendars for May and Aug 1964. DST was in effect on all those dates & is included. Sunrise/Sunset Calculator for place & month of your choice is here (note utility at top for inserting predetermined Lat and Longs). Darn! I can’t find any unusual LA weather or other real news events for those dates. Submitted by Gary Woloski, Friday the 13th, January 2012.

Jimmy Meacham, Hockey Fanatic. Under cross-examination by Perry about events on the night of the murder, Jimmy surprisingly states, “I had the television on. There was a hockey game.” An ice hockey game on LA TV in May-Aug 1964 is doubtful because the ice hockey season was over:

• Game 7 of the 1963-64 NHL Stanley Cup Final had been played on 25 April 1964, with Toronto defeating Detroit 4-0.
• LA did not have an NHL team until the 1967 LA Kings, but in 1964 it did have the LA Blades of the minor-pro WHL. The WHL season was over before May, too (The Blades had a good 1963-64 season, making the WHL Final but were defeated by the SF Seals.).
• “World Hockey” was still non-pro (Junior). Hockey at the earlier 1964 Olympics held in Jan-Feb had doubled as both the World and Olympic championships.
• This episode aired on 22 October 1964, so perhaps Jimmy’s hockey fandom was a nod to the LA Blades 1964-65 season which was then underway, or

Maybe Jimmy was tuned in to a diffent type of hockey! Submitted by Gary Woloski, 19 January 2012.