Bassett says that he had "... fine plans for teaching Gordon Richards a thing or two...". Gordon Richards (1904 - 1986) was an English jockey. He was the Champion Jockey in British flat horse-racing 26 times, a record that still stands.
Bassett's leather belt is decorated with cap badges of British regiments, most likely collected during his service during the war.
Produced by John Mills (Bassett).
John Mills speaks with a (mild) Norfolk accent in the film. He was born and spent his early years in Norfolk.
Commenting on this movie, John Baxter in his book "Science Fiction in the Cinema" (1970) notes that: "The ability to pick horse-race results is probably British sf's only genuine contribution to the list of sf film elements."