Dennis Waterman and Christopher Matthews have worked together before, they played brothers in Hammer's Scars of Dracula (1970)
This was the first TV appearance of Chris Matthews (Eddie Venables). He later appeared in Opportunity Knocks and Bruises (1993) as Cecil.
Paul Brooke (Hamster) later appeared in Better the Devil You Know (2009), A Matter of Life and Debt (2009) and Till Debt Do Us Part (2009) as Dickie Mint. He also appeared with George Cole in all 6 episodes of Blott on the Landscape (1985). And he later appeared with Dennis Waterman in An Unsavoury Business (1991)
The following actors from this episode previously appeared with Dennis Waterman in The Sweeney (1975). Sheila Ruskin (Susie Blake) appeared in Hit and Run (1975). And Jeremy Child (Mandeville) appeared in Chalk and Cheese (1975)