The thief ends up at The Rock, aka Alcatraz, home to some very famous inmates (including Al Capone).
A stylishly attired Olive seems quite comfortable during a Thompson Submachine Gun, aka the Tommy Gun.
The round the world chase with Popeye showing up everywhere just ahead of the villain might be a wink and a nod to the Droopy cartoons that used a similar gag.
Olive's house is eerily similar to the one used in the film Psycho...three years later.
The evil butler is flying a state of the art jet plane (for the time).