The title is from the English expression "it ain't worth a hill of beans" which refers to something of a trifling value. Humphrey Bogart used it in his final plea to Ingrid Bergman in "Casablanca".
Dennis Franz plays opposite a character named Simone in this episode of Hill Street Blues. Approximately 11 years later he would play opposite another character named Simone in the second season of NYPD Blue (1993), a pairing that lasted 4 seasons.