“Ella West”
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“Ella West”
Season: 1 episode 17
Series Episode: 17
Air Date: January 4, 1958
Teaser
“I promised I’d avoid a gunfight if possible, but it looks as though it isn’t possible. I have one bullet left, Mr. Breed. You may draw when you’re ready.”
Employment Solicitation
“Tomahawk” Carter sent for Paladin to “tame down a little gal…”
Fee
10% of the entire proceeds for the season
Quotes
“I met a lady in the mead. So beautiful, a fairy’s child . Her hair was long, her foot was light and her eyes were wild.”
Paladin quoting Keats in “La Belle Dame sans Merci”
“I met a lady in the meads,
Full beautiful—a faery’s child,
Her hair was long, her foot was light,
And her eyes were wild.”
John Keats, “La Belle Dame Sans Merci”
“Beware her hair. Touch not her locks for in it’s magic she entwines it around her lover’s neck and never sets him free.”
Paladin
“Beware of her fair hair, for she excels
All women in the magic of her locks;
And when she winds them round a young man’s neck,
She will not ever set him free again.”
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Cast & Crew Lists
Cast
| Character | Role | Actor | Actor Age | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paladin | An arbiter | Richard Boone | 40 | Credited |
| Tracey Calvert | Exhibition shooter | William Swan | 29 | Credited |
| "Tomahawk" Tom Carter | Owner of a Wild West show | Earle Hodgins | 64 | Credited |
| Ella West | Exhibition shooter | Norma Crane | 29 | Credited |
| Breed | Wild West show employee | Mike Mazurki | 50 | Credited |
| Fred | Abilene hotel manager | Mason Curry | 49 | Credited |
| Baggage man | Heinie Conklin | 71 | Uncredited | |
| Wild West show employee | Fred McDougall | 38 | ||
| Abilene hotel clerk | Uncredited | |||
| Abilene hotel guest | Russell Custer | 58 | Uncredited | |
| Abilene hotel guest | George DeNormand | 54 | Uncredited | |
| Abilene hotel guest | Philo McCullough | 64 | Uncredited | |
| Abilene townsman | Brandon Beach | 79 | Uncredited | |
| Abilene townsman | John George | 59 | Uncredited |
Crew
| Director | Andrew V. McLaglen |
| Assistant Director | Howard Joslin |
| Creators | Herb Meadow & Sam Rolfe |
| Writer | Gene Roddenberry |
| Script Supervisor | Richard Chaffee |
| Producer | Julian Claman |
| Production Manager | Glenn Cook |
| Director of Photography | William Margulies |
| Art Director | James W. Sullivan |
| Opening Theme Music Composer | Bernard Hermann (Herrmann) Uncredited |
| "Ballad of Paladin" Singer | Johnny Western |
| "Ballad of Paladin" written by | Johnny Western, Richard Boone and Sam Rolfe |
| Supervising Editor | Fred W. Berger, A.C.E. |
| Film Editor | Samuel (Sam) Gold |
| Optical Effects | Jack Rabin & Louis DeWitt |
| Sound Editor | Roderick Sound, Inc. |
| Property Master | Mike Gordon |
| Makeup Artist | William Wood (Woods) |
| Hair Stylist | Madine Danks |
| Wardrobe | Joseph Dimmitt |
| Set Decorator | Raymond Boltz, Jr. |
| Casting | Lynn Stalmaster and Associates |
| Richard Boone's Stunt Double | Hal Needham (Uncredited) |
| Production Companies | A CBS (Columbia Broadcasting System) Television Network Production, Filmaster Productions |
| Recording Company' | Westrex Recording System |
| ATFP (Alliance of TV Film Producers) |
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
Historical References
Calamity Jane
Belle Star
Cimmaron Rose
Geographic References
Abilene, Kansas,United States of America
Laramie, Wyoming Territory, United States of America
Music
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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