This was the only episode of the series that was filmed in color. However, after its initial showing it was not included in the original syndicated package for the show and was not seen for over 20 years.
This episode's somewhat odd title refers to the fact that the basic plot is borrowed from Charles Dickens's classic novel, "Oliver Twist", even to the point of including a character named Bill Sikes.
The character of Ben Huggins is the modern counterpart to Fagin in "Oliver Twist".
Perhaps because this was the only episode of the series made in color, many incidental items seen in the background (props like furniture, tablecloths, exterior walls and costumes on some extras) are either bright red or pink. After this one "experiment" with filming in color, the series reverted to black-and-white for its final handful of episodes.
The inclined railway seen early in the episode is called Angels Flight and is located in the Bunker Hill section of Los Angeles. It is a narrow gauge funicular railway that uses two cars, named Olivet and Sinai, one going in each direction. Perry and Della get on Olivet when going to see Perry's client. At the time the episode was shot, the tracks connected Hill Street and Olive Street. That location was in operation between 1901 and 1969, when it was closed for redevelopment of the area. The railway was dismantled and the cars stored for free at a local museum, in anticipation of reopening the railway in two years. Twenty-seven years later, in 1996, the railway reopened at its new location a half-block south on Hill Street, with service to California Plaza. It has been closed several times through the years because of safety issues, the longest cessation of operations lasting between 2001 and 2010 after a fatal accident.