"Achilles" - Head 'Em Straight

“Achilles”

Season: 2 episode 8
Series Episode: 17
Air Date: July 16, 1999

Teaser

“It takes someone who is willing to sacrifice their life for the greater good.” – Josiah Sanchez

“I made a pretty bad mistake,” John “J.D.” Dunne
” I don’t know anybody who hasn’t. That’s what makes us human.” – Josiah Sanchez

Atonement

Exploit

Protect the town from a gang of marauders

Remuneratioin

A dollar a day and found

Euphemisms / Quotes / Literary References

“I must be the chosen one because the Three Wise Men have come to pay me a visit.” – Ezra Standish

“You are crookeder than a yellow-bellied snake making his way through a prickly pear patch.” – Bucklin “Buck” Wilmington

“Therefore my heart is glad and my glory rejoiceth. My flesh also shall rest in hope.” – Josiah Sanchez quoting Psalm 16:9 KJV

“Our Father, who are in heaven, hallowed be thy name.

They kingdom come, they will be done,

On earth as it is in heaven.

Give us this day our daily bread.

Forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us.

Lead us not into temptation

But deliver us from evil.

For thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory

Forever and ever,

Amen” – Josiah Sanchez quoting Matthew 6, 19-13 152 as provided in the translation by William Tyndale

“‘A Hero’s Heart’

I stare across that solitary plain

Each and every dawn.

Always searching for a hero’s heart.

A stranger bleeds as hope lays near death

Clutching a tangled wreath

To crown a hero’s heart.” — Vin Tanner (from “A Hero’s Heart” by Dale Midkiff)

I’m not the way they see me

Not who they think I am.

I’m just a man

And I have need of you, sweet woman

Not for the velvet of your touch,

but for the weaponry of your mind.

There’s a hole in me needs mending.

My own Achilles’ heel.

So I offer up my need.

Teach me, noble lady.

Teach me to write and to read. – Vin Tanner (from “Achilles’ Heel” by Chad Everett)

Cast & Crew Lists

Cast

Character	Role	Actor	Actor Age	Status
Chris Larabee	Gunfighter	Michael Biehn	42	Credited
Vin Tanner	Gunfighter	Eric Close	32	Credited
John “J.D." Dunne	Gunfighter	Andrew Kavovit	27	Credited
Bucklin "Buck" Wilmington	Gunfighter	Dale Midkiff	40	Credited
Josiah Sanchez	Gunfighter/ Theologian	Ron Perlman	49	Credited
Ezra Standish	Gambler/ Conman/ Gunfighter	Anthony Starke	36	Credited
Nathan Jackson	Gunfighter / Healer	Rick Worthy	32	Credited
Mary Travis	Owner and editor of The Clarion News	Laurie Holden	29	Credited
“Big” Lester Banks	Gambler from St. Louis	Jack McGee	50	Credited
Morris	Bank robber	John Hawkes	39	Credited
Annie Neuhaus	Mother / Wife / Townswoman	Krisinda Cain	26	Credited
Hiram Neuhaus	Annie Neuhaus' husband / Father / Townsman	John Allsopp		Credited
Achilles Thompson	Gang leader / Hector Thompson's twin brother	Glynn Turman	52	Credited
Hector Thompson	Bank robber / Achilles Thompson's twin brother	Glynn Turman	52	Credited
Casey Wells	Niece of a local rancher	Dana Barron	33	Credited
Miriam Neuhaus	Daughter of Annie and Hiram Neuhaus	Christina Fredlund (Llorens)		Credited
Winnifred Neuhaus	Daughter of Annie and Hiram Neuhaus	Marley McClean	12	Credited
	Banker	Paul Keith	55	Credited
	Undertaker	James Lomas		Credited
Emma	Woman leaving on the stage			Uncredited
“Yosemite”	Stable owner			Uncredited
	Emma's friend leaving on the stage			Uncredited
	Marauder	David S. Winn III		Uncredited
	Stage coach driver			Uncredited
	Stage coach shotgun			Uncredited
	Townsman	Johnny Luckett	40	Uncredited
"Pa" Thompson	Hector & Achilles father			Mentioned
	Achilles friend at the stageline office			Mentioned
	Julestown sheriff			Mentioned

Crew

Director	Gordon C. Lonsdale
First Assistant Director	Kevin Collins
Second Assistant Director	Susan Price
Developed by	John Watson / Pen Desham
Original Screenplay	William Roberts / Walter Bernstein (uncredited) / Walter Newman (uncredited)
Written by	Mark Haskell Smith
Poetry	"Hero's Heart" by Dale Midkiff "Achilles' Heel" by Chad Everett
Script Supervisor	Kathy (Kathleen) Mulligan
Script Coordinator	Christina Weir
Executive Producers	Pen Densham / Richard Barton Lewis / Walter Mirisch / Mark Stern / John Watson
Producers	Steve Beers / Lynne Symons
Associate Producer	Dennis C. Duckwall
Supervising Producer	Melissa Rosenberg
Consulting Producer	Richard Kletter / Mark Haskell Smith
Composer: Original Theme	Elmer Bernstein
Music	Don Harper
Composer: Additional music	Dave Metzger (uncredited)
Director of Photography	Brian Sullivan
Camera Operator(s)	Gregory Paul Collier
Key Grip	Jason (D.) Hodges
Best Boy Grip	Bob Snowdon (uncredited)
Director of Photography: Second unit	Gregory Paul Collier (uncredited)
Chief Lighting Technician	Jack Todd
Best Boy Electric	J. B. Richner (uncredited)
Film Editor	Gregory D. Gontz
Assistant Editor	Ron South
Supervising Sound Editor(s)	Victor Iorillo, M.P.S.E. / Doug Kent
Sound Editor(s)	Miles O'Fun
Production Sound Mixer	Richard Schexnayder
Re-recording Mixer(s)	Pete Elia / Larry Stensvold
ADR Mixer	Mark DeSimone (uncredited)
Art Director	John Bucklin
Set Decorator	John (F.) Brown
Construction Coordinator	Dean (R.) Brown
Property Master	Curtis Akin
Assistant Property Master	James L. Eddy (uncredited)
Propmaker Foreman	Steven Fidler (uncredited)
Location Manager	Patrick Mignano
Location Liaison	Daniel Veluzatd (uncredited)
Transportation Coordinator	Rockey (Rocky) Reed
Production Designer	Jerry Wanek
Unit Production Manager	Bob (Robert M.) Rolsky
Production Coordinator	Bill (William) Sell
Post-Production Executive	Hudson Hickman (uncredited)
Post-Production Supervisor	Shana Fischer Huber
Post-Production Assistant	Michelle Sabrina Wong (uncredited)
Production Accountant	Jeff Gafin
Original casting	Janet Hirshenson, C.S.A. / Jane Jenkins, C.S.A.
Casting	Mary Jo Slater, C.S.A.
Casting Associate	Tim (Timothy) Michals
Costume Design	Dan Moore
Costumer	Susan Saldutti (uncredited)
Makeup Artist/ Makeup Department Head	Phyllis Temple
Makeup Artist	David Abbott (uncredited)
Hair Stylist(s)	Gary Walker
Special Effect Coordinator	Dan (Danny) Lester
Stunt Coordinator	Walter Scott
Assistant Stunt Coordinator	Tony Lee Boggs (uncredited)
Boss Wrangler	Clay M. Lilley (uncredited)
Main Title	Frankfurt Balkind
Film Laboratory Services	FotoKem (Film lab)
Audio Post Production	Westwind Media
Post Production Services	The Post Group (Production Suites)
Production Companies	Trilogy Entertainment Group / The Mirisch Corporation / Metro Goldwyn Mayer (MGM) (Television)
Distribution Company	Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS)

Annals of Time

James Butler “Wild Bill” Hickok

John Brown

River Styx

Underworld

Hot on the Trail

Julestown

Pleasurable Pursuits

Poker

Refreshments & Libations

McIntosh apples

Beer

Bread

Broccoli

Carrots

Stuffed chicken breast

Chili peppers

Coffee

Indian corn

Nopales (Prickly pear cactus leaves)

Scrambled eggs

Squash

Steak

White wine

Sources

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