S&H read a license plate as 259PCE. That is a standard plate for television, just like phone numbers starting in 555. The same license plate number had been previously used in The Magician (1973) starring Bill Bixby, and would later be used in Falcon Crest, starring Simon MacCorkindale---among many other TV shows.
French title: Poker.
Vic plays Strangers in the Night on the piano at beginning and end.