“Explosion” Part 1

 

Season:               3 episode 10
Series Episode:   70
Air Date:             November 20, 1967

 

Teaser

The mine owners must choose between saving their mines or saving their miners’ homes.

 

Cast & Crew Lists

Cast

CharacterRoleActorActor AgeStatus
Victoria BarkleyBarkley matriarchMiss Barbara Stanwyck58Credited
Jarrod Thomas Barkley, EsquireEldest Barkley son / LawyerRichard Long37Credited
Nicholas "Nick" Jonathan BarkleySecond Barkley son, / Property managerPeter Breck36Credited
Heath BarkleyTom Barkley's third son / Assistant property managerLee Majors26Credited
Audra BarkleyBarkley daughterLinda Evans22Credited
SilasBarkley private household manager/ Butler / Cook / Houseman Napoleon Whiting57Credited
BeckettMorticianJonathan Hole63Credited
Charlie CarterBest nitro man in the mother lode / Hard rock minerStuart Erwin52Credited
Michelle de LacaiseNicholas "Nick" Barkley's love interestLeticia Roman26Credited
Marquis de LacaiseMine owner / Michelle de Lacaise's fatherCarl Esmond65Credited
McLeod "Mac"FarmerSteve Pendleton59Credited
Gail MillerCharlie Carter's girlfriendArlene Golonka31Credited
RogersMine ownerBill Zuckert51Credited
Harry SpragueStockton Empire Saloon ownerHarry Swoger48Credited
Jim StoneMan taking nitro to fireLincoln Demyan42Credited
Norvil StoneMan taking nitro to fireJohn Crawford31Credited
"Sister" Bridget WellsEvangelistJudy Carne28Credited
Wilsonde Lacaise employeeJohn Pickard54Credited
Chuck2nd drifter at campfireBoyd Holister (Robert Palmer)36Credited
GabeDrifter at campfireHal Baylor48Credited
Henride Lacaise housemanMaurice St. Clair64 Credited
JedStockton blacksmithPaul Sorensen41Credited
MaryOrphanEileen Baral12Credited
TobyDrink moocherEddie Firestone46Credited
PadreEdward Colmans (Colman)59Credited
TownsmanUncredited
Sheriff in SacramentoMentioned
RanchersUncredited
de Lacaise carriage driverUncredited
Saloon hostess serving drinksUncredited
OrphansUncredited

 

 

Crew

CreatorsA. I. Bezzendes & Louis F. Edelman
Executive ProducersArthur Gardner, Arnold Laven & Jules (V.) Levy
ProducerLou Morheim
Producer's AssistantMarian Carter (Carpenter) & Marilyn Fiebelkorn
Production SupervisionNorman S. Powell
Production ManagerDon Torpin
Production CoordinatorrTom (Ernst) R. Rolf
Director Virgil W. Vogel
Assistant DirectorBob White
WriterJohn O'Dea & Arthur Rowe
Theme Music ComposerGeorge Duning
Music SupervisionAlfred Perry
MusicElmer Bernstein
Music EditorHarry King
Director of Photography Wilfrid M. Cline, A.S.C.
Sound Don Rush
Sound EffectsKay Rose
Editorial SupervisorBernard (W.) Burton
EditingSherman A. Todd, A.C.E.
Art DirectionJack DeShields (Jack F. De Shields)
Set DecoratorPierre Ludlum
Make-up
Sidney Perrell
Hair Stylist
Gale McGarry
WardrobeRobert B. Harris
Barbara Stanwyck's WardrobeJack Muhs
CastingHarvey Clermont
Stunt Double (uncredited)Jeannie Epper
Production CompaniesFour Star Productions
& Margate
Professional AssociationsInternational Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (I.A.T.S.E.)
AcknowledgementsConference of the California Historical Societies

 

 

Filming Location

Sets

CBS Studio Center – 4024 Radford Avenue Studio City, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

 

 

 

Geographic References

Granite City
Paris, France
Reno, Nevada, United States of America
Sacramento, California, United States of America
San Francisco, California, United States of America
Stockton, California, United States of America
Yuba Trail

 

 

Sources

The Big Valley episodes (written, spoken and credits);

Internet Movie Database (IMDb);

Wikipedia;

Individual observations; and

Others as indicated by the links.

 

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