In addition to the cash, dimwitted bank robber Rusty (John Craig) also steals a heavy sack of pennies from the bank, which Sheriff Lucy uses to knock him out just before she is rescued. When asked how she did it, Lucy holds up the bag and says "pennies from heaven." Coincidentally, the 1981 film "Pennies from Heaven" was John Craig's final film credit.
Lucille Ball's grandmother's name, Flora Belle Orcutt, is used as Lucy Carter's great-grandmother's name. Lucille Ball's family history was also at the heart of "Lucy Takes Over" (S2;E23 where her grandmother Flora Belle is also mentioned. Ball will use the name Flora Belle again in the 1985 TV movie "Stone Pillow".
This is Coby Ruskin's last episode as Director. Lucille Ball takes over as Director during the rehearsal process and fires Ruskin. This is the only time that Lucille Ball is officially credited as Director on one of her own television shows. Ball later directed a 1980 pilot of a sitcom called "Bungle Abbey" (starring Gale Gordon) that was never picked up for series.
As an infant, Lucille Ball lived in Montana, where her father died. For a while, her nickname was "Montana." At the start of her professional career, Lucille Ball often gave her birthplace as Butte, feeling that it sounded more interesting to casting people than Jamestown.
The name of the Mayor of Cartridge Belt, Montana, Chuck Stewart, was previously used as the alias of the psychiatrist (Gerald Mohr) treating Lucy Ricardo in "The Inferiority Complex" (S2;E18).