For an aficionado people know that the awards dinner seen is supposed to be The Mystery Writers of America. However, it says Crime Writers of America. Fans should know it could also be a nod to the Crime Writers Association based in Great Britain.
At 25:00 Waddell states he went to an all night movie theater where he saw She Wolf of London and The Spider Woman Strikes Back. Both are titles of actual 1946 movies.
The real award given by the Mystery Writers of America is called the Edgar and is a small statue resembling Edgar Allan Poe, inventor of the modern mystery story.
Ellery sneezes while talking to the doctor (Ross Elliot), who then insists on giving him a shot of penicillin, an antibiotic, which only works to fight bacteria, not viruses like the "common cold."