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“Ambush”

 

Season:             3 episode 31
Series Episode: 110
Air Date:          April 23, 1960

 

Teaser

If it was money he was after he’d of killed us before this. Only quietly and efficiently, like the boatman.”

 

 

Employment Solicitation

Unknown

 

Fee

Unknown

 

Cast & Crew Lists

Cast

CharacterRoleActorActor AgeStatus
PaladinAn arbiterRichard Boone42Credited
BlandingsPaladin's prisonerMichael FerrisCredited
Deverauxgunder's hired gunfighterAlan Dexter41Credited
MorganTrooperHal Needham29Credited
CarlGamblerEd Nelson31Credited
DanielGunder's sonDan Barton38Credited
GunderFatherGeorge Macready60Credited
SarahTinsley's wife
Natalie Norwick36Credited
BoatmanUncredited
BlackfootCaucasian that lived with the BlackfeetMentioned
HanleyMan offering rewardMentioned
TinsleySarah's husbandMentioned
SophieDaniel's wifeMentioned
WillieGunder's sonMentioned
Blackfoot's wifeMentioned
ColonelMentioned

 

 

Crew

DirectorRichard Boone
Assistant DirectorJack Voglin
CreatorsHerb Meadow & Sam Rolfe
WriterRobert E. Thompson
Script SupervisorRichard Chaffee
ProducerBen Brady
Associate ProducerFrank R. Pierson
Production ManagerHoward Joslin
Director of PhotographyStuart Thompson, A.S.C.
Art DirectorWalter E. Keller
Opening Theme Music ComposerBernard Hermann (Herrmann)

"Ballad of Paladin" SingerJohnny Western
"Ballad of Paladin" written by Johnny Western, Richard Boone, Sam Rolfe
Music EditorGene Feldman
Production SupervisorDewey Starkey
Film EditorEverett Sutherland
Sound EditorRoderick Sound, Inc.
Sound EffectsGene Eliot, M.P.S.E.
Property MasterArthur Friedrich
Makeup Artist
Donald (W.) Roberson
Hair Stylist
Madine Danks, C.H.S.
WardrobeJoseph Dimmitt
Set DecoratorHerman N. Schoenbrun & Charles Vassar

CastingStalmaster-Lister Co.
Richard Boone's Stunt Double
Hal Needham (Uncredited)
Production CompaniesA CBS (Columbia Broadcasting System) Television Network Production

Recording Company'Westrex Recording System

 

 

 

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

Danville, California, United States of America
Strada River
San Francisco, California, United States of America
San Luis (Potosi), Mexico
St.. Louis, Missouri, United States of America

 

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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