CARS: 1958 Cadillac convertible, black, top down (Mason), 1958 Chevrolet Delray 4dr sedan, black & white (Police), 19?? Packard ambulance. From The Cars by Greg Cockerill.
+ The three cars are briefly seen at about 17:19 (Paramount/CBS DVD). The Police Chevy Delray can be ID'd as a '58 by the bit of its distinctive rear end sticking out to the right of the "VILLA MOTEL" sign. One of these '58 Police Delrays is still on the road! Recent photos (2010) here and here; 2004 LA Police Historical Society article here. Submitted by Gary Woloski, 5 Mar 2012.

For some reason the courtroom is flip-flopped in this episode. The witness box is to the judge’s right, not left and Perry and Della sit to the judge’s left instead of right. Submitted by PaulDrake33, 15 June 2008.

First episode where Della wears a pendant with the initials D S in script. Submitted by PaulDrake33, 15 June 2008.

First episode where Lillian Bronson plays a judge. She had appeared the season before in “TCOT Sulky Girl” as a housekeeper. Submitted by PaulDrake33, 15 June 2008.

Joan Staley makes her first of four appearances on Perry playing Roberta Quinn. Joan Staley was playmate of the month for November 1958 in Playboy magazine. Submitted by PaulDrake33, 12 February 2009.

There is something strange going on with Joan Staley. All the sources I can find list her birthdate as 1940. That would have made her barely 18 when she filmed this episode. If you look at her she definitely looks older than 18. Also she was married for the first time in 1956. That would have made her 16 then. Not impossible, but improbable. Submitted by PaulDrake33, 3 December 2011.

Anomaly: When Laura Beaumont is on the witness stand she calls her secretary by the name of Roberta Walker. The final credits list her secretary’s name as Roberta Quinn. Submitted by PaulDrake 33, 12 August 2009.

Goof: When Laura Beaumont is testifying she states that the last time she saw her husband was an hour before his plane crashed on November 19, three years earlier. Earlier when Perry was relating the story to Della, he stated that George Beaumont’s plane crashed into the Atlantic with no survivors. It would be impossible for a plane to get from Los Angeles to the Atlantic in an hour. Submitted by PaulDrake 33, 12 August 2009.
+ Not a Goof: The question Laura Beaumont is asked is when she last saw or heard from her husband. There is no reason he would have been flying from L.A. as trans-Atlantic jet service did not begin until late 1958, and that was NY-London. She could have been speaking with him by phone or with him at a New York airport. Submitted by Fitzt, 3 March 2011.

Sightings: Distinguished Gentleman #1, usually an observer in the gallery, plays court reporter today. Submitted by gracep, 10/4/2010.

The Envelope. In court, Burger presents a stamped, addressed envelope to witness Glenn McKay for identification. The envelope is shown in close-up at 42:42 of the Paramount/CBS DVD:

• The stamp is the purple 3-cent Thomas Jefferson, introduced 16 June 1938 as one of the "US Presidential Series" (the "Prexies" to collectors). Three Cents was the standard letter postage rate from 6 Jul 32 to 31 Jul 58. This ep#40 aired seven weeks after the standard rate had been raised to four cents on 1 Aug 58. Also, the Presidential Series was superceded by the Liberty Issue beginning in 1954, with the first-in-series 3-cent Statue of Liberty replacing the 3-cent Thomas Jefferson on 24 June 1954.
• Addresses. The letter is addressed to "Mrs. George Beaumont - Beaumont office Equipment Supplies, Inc. - 1417 No. Chelsea - Los Angeles". The return address is "G.H.B. - Unit 7 Villa Motel - 2324 Cornell Blvd. - L.A." The postmark is not readable.

Submitted by Gary Woloski, 3 Mar 2012.

The Exact Date of the Murder must be 14 Nov 1957. This is established by the aggregate of numerous passages in the dialogue, the cars and the 3-cent postage rate:

• In addition to many other supporting passages in the dialogue, Burger's words in a question to witness Laura Beaumont (37:38 to 37:48 of CBS/Paramount DVD), "November Fourteenth, the day of the murder", fix the month and the day of the month; and
• November 1957 is the only November in which 1958 Model-Year cars were on the road and the US standard letter postage rate was still three cents.

Numerous other passages of dialogue then fix the exact date of the AE air crash at 19 Nov 1954. Submitted by Gary Woloski, 6 Mar 2012.