“A Place for Abel Hix”

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“A Place of Abel Hix”

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Season:             6 episode 4
Series Episode: 197
Air Date:          October 6, 1962

 

Teaser

“A man grows old; and the fruits of his labor sometimes become more mportant than the work itself.”

 

Employment Solicitation

Hired by Abel Hix

 

Posthumous note to Paladin:
Paladin,
I couldn’t show up in person to collect the money I put in these banks, but you can, and that’s what you’re hired to do.  Give it all to my wife except one thousand to the church because my wife loves it, one thousand to Lauro because I love him as the son I never had and, one thousand to you as your fee.

Abel Hix

 

Fee

$1000

 

 

Quote

“To him who in the love of Naure holds
Communion with her visible forms, she speaks
a various language.”
Paladin

 

William Cullen Bryant, “Thanatopsis”

 

 

Cast & Crew Lists

Cast

Character	Role	Actor	Actor Age	Status
Paladin	An arbiter	Richard Boone	45	Credited
Judd Bowman	Saloon owner	Kevn Hagen	34	Credited
Harper	Reverend	Paul Tripp	51	Credited
Mrs. Hix	Abel Hix's wife	Jean Engstrom	42	Credited
Lauro	Abel Hix's shepherd	Robert Blake	29	Credited
Moon	Man in saloon stockroom	Tom Sweet	30	Credited
Olney	Man engaging in toro game	Bill Hart	28	Credited
Weaver	Man throwing knife	Jerry Gatlin	28	Credited
Zimmer	Man falling down stairs	Hal Needham	31	Credited
Linda	Saloon girl	Linda Cordova	36	Credited
	Man that gives directions to Paladin	Stewart East	47	Credited
	Townsman	Ethan Laidlaw	62	Uncredited
Abel Hix	Gunman			Mentioned

 

 

Crew

Director	Andrew V. McLaglen
Assistant Director	Gary Nelson
Creators	Herb Meadow & Sam Rolfe
Teleplay	Don Ingalls
Story	John Kneubuhl
Script Supervisor	Richard Chaffee
Producer	Robert Sparks
Associate Producer	Don Ingalls
Production Manager	Howard Joslin
Director of Photography	Frank (V.) Phillips
Art Director	Richard (Y.) Haman
Opening Theme Music	Bernard Hermann (Herrmann)
"Ballad of Paladin" Singer	Johnny Western
"Ballad of Paladin" written by	Johnny Western, Richard Boone, Sam Rolfe
Film Editor	Samuel (Sam) Gold
Sound Mixer	Frederick (Fred) A. Kessler
Recording Company	Westrex Recording System
Re-recording by	Joel Moss
Property Master	Arthur Friedrich
Makeup Artist	Donald (W.) Roberson
Wardrobe	Joseph Dimmitt
Set Decorator	Claude E. Carpenter
Casting	Peggy Rae
Richard Boone's Stunt Double	Hal Needham (Uncredited)
Production Companies	A CBS (Columbia Broadcasting System) Television Network Production

 

 

 

Filming Locations

Sets
Paramount Studios 5555 Melrose Avenue, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

 

Closing Credits background
Lone Pine, California, United States of America

 

 

Geographic References

Guadalajara, Mexico
Ram’s Head, California, United States of America

 

 

Gastronomic Delights

Falda de cordero (Lamb skirt)
Las chuletas (Lamb chops)
Gallina Suprema (Chicken Supreme)

 

 

Sources

Have Gun – Will Travel episodes (written, spoken and credits), Internet Movie Database (IMDb), Wikipedia, individual observations, and others as indicated by the links.

 

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