Irene Adler's photograph (from "A Scandal in Bohemia") is seen briefly near the end, when Holmes opens a desk drawer.
The climax scene mimics Paget's illustration of the same scene.
The jail cell and cell corridor scenes were filmed at Greater Manchester Police Museum and Archive.
Some scenes filmed inside of Manchester Town Hall, England
Frank Middlemass (Henry Baker) previously played Peterson in the Sherlock Holmes (1964) adaptation The Blue Carbuncle (1968).