“Safecracker”

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Season:              1 episode 3
Series Episode: 4
Air Date:           January 24, 1998

 

Teaser

“You need to learn how to duck, mister” – Olivia

 

Exploit

Rescue a parolee and her daughter from her former gang leader.

 

Remuneration

A dollar a day and found

 

 

Euphemisms / Quotes / Literary References

“To see a woman like you step out of a prison wagon. I gotta tell you, ma’am I feel like I been struck by the sun, ma’am. – Bucklin “Buck” Wilmington to Terry Greer

“That’d be a mountain for anybody to climb”  Bucklin “Buck” Wilmington referring to the death of Mrs. Greer’s husband.

“Stick around here, you’re goin’ to be deader than a beaver hat.” – Chris Larabee to Vin Tanner

“Problems are only opportunities with thorns.” – Terry Greer

“I’d say these guys wanna turn me on a spit.” Bucklin “Buck” Wilmington

 

 

Cast & Crew Lists

Cast

CharacterRoleActorActor AgeStatus
Chris Larabee
Gunfighter

Michael Biehn
41Credited
Vin Tanner
GunfighterEric Close
30Credited
John “J.D." Dunne
GunfighterAndrew Kavovit
26Credited
Bucklin "Buck" Wilmington
GunfighterDale Midkiff
38Credited
Josiah Sanchez
Gunfighter/ TheologianRon Perlman
47Credited
Ezra Standish
Gambler/ Conman/ Gunfighter
Anthony Starke
34Credited
Nathan Jackson
Gunfighter / HealerRick Worthy
30Credited
Mary Travis
Owner and editor of The Clarion News
Laurie Holden
28Credited
Mrs. Terry Greer
Widow / Cracksman (Safecracker)
Shannon Kenny
26Credited
Olivia Greer
Terry Greer's daughter
Alexa Vega (PenaVega)
9Credited
Morgan Coltrane aka Morgan Hill
Bank robber / Gang leaderJeff Kober
44Credited
Starkweather
Gang member
Les Brandt
29Credited
Beal
Card cheatMatt O'Toole
Credited
Banker Fred Kronenberg
Credited
Prison GuardBob Kane
Credited
Blossom Call
Buck's object of affection
Uncredited
Mr. London
Powderman
Uncredited
Card shark
Uncredited
Gang member
Uncredited
Gang member with a Dakota cowboy hatUncredited
Gang member with a gambler's hatUncredited
Gang member with a top hatUncredited
Gang member with sombreroUncredited
Bob HarperGunfighterUncredited
Prison Guard
Uncredited
Mr. Greer Terry Greer's husbandMentioned
Terry Greer's fatherMentioned

 

 

Crew

DirectorT. J. Scott

First Assistant DirectorKen (Kenneth D.) Collins

Second Assistant Director
Gwyneth Horder-Payton

Developed by
John Watson / Pen Desham
Original Screenplay
William Roberts / Walter Bernstein (uncredited) / Walter Newman (uncredited)

Written by
Rick Husky

Television story
Pen Densham / John Watson
Story Consultant
Robert Franke / Melissa Rosenbert
Script Supervisor
Sally J. Roddy
Script CoordinatorMargo Katz
Executive Producers

Josef Anderson / Pen Densham
/ Richard Barton Lewis
/ Walter Mirisch
/ Mark Stern
/ John Watson
Producers
Steve Beers / Lynne Symons

Associate ProducerDennis C. Duckwall
Producer's Associate Amy Hayes
Composer: Original ThemeElmer Bernstein
MusicDon Harper
Composer: Additional Music
Steve Wilkinson (uncredited)
Music EditorDino A. Moriana (uncredited)

Director of Photography
Gordon C. Lonsdale
Camera Operator(s)

Gregory Paul Collier
Key Grip
Jason (D.) Hodges
Chief Lighting Technician
Jack Todd
Best Boy Electric
J. B. Richner (uncredited)
Film Editor
Gary Karr
Assistant Editor

Gerald Valdez

Supervising Sound Editor(s)
Doug Kent


Sound Editor(s)Miles O'Fun / Allan Bromberg (uncredited)
Sound Mixer
Richard Schexnayder (uncredited)

Production Sound Mixer
Thomas E. Allen, Sr., C.A.S.
Re-recording Mixer(s)
Pete Elia / Larry Stensvold
ADR Mixer
Art Director
John Bucklin
Set Decorator
John (F.) Brown

Construction Coordinator
Dean (R.) Brown
Property Master
Curtis Akin
Assistant Property Master
Prop Assistant
Larry D. Koszakovszky
Props
Propmaker Foreman
Steven Fidler (uncredited)
Location Manager
Larry Luttrell
Assistant Location Manager
Location Liaison
Daniel Veluzatd (uncredited)
Transportation Coordinator
Rocky Reed
Production Designer
Jerry Wanek
Unit Production Manager
R. John Slosser

Production Coordinator
Brian Tanke

Post-Production Executive
Hudson Hickman (uncredited)
Post-Production Supervisor
Shana Fischer Huber
Post Production Assistant
Production Accountant
Jeff Gafin
Original casting
Janet Hirshenson, C.S.A. / Jane Jenkins, C.S.A.
Casting
Holly Powell, C.S.A.

Casting Associate
Amy McIntyre Britt
Costume Design
Dan Moore
Costumer
Kelly Everett (uncredited)
Makeup Artist/ Makeup Department Head

Phyllis Temple
Makeup Artist
Hair Stylist(s)

Gary Walker
Gary Walker
Gary Walker / Colleen LaBaff (uncredited)
Special Effect Coordinator
Dan (Danny) Lester
Stunt Coordinator
Walter Scott
Assistant Stunt Coordinator
Tony Lee Boggs (uncredited)
Stunt Double
StuntmenBrian Brown (uncredited) / Richard Burch (uncredited)
Sword Master
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

Yuma Prison, Yuma Arizona

Hindus

India

 

Hot on the Trail

Bitter Creek

Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Kansas City, Missouri, United States of America

Missouri, United States of America

Paris, France

Purgatorio, Mexico

South America

 

 

Pleasurable Pursuits

Five Card Stud, deuces wild

Go Fish

Poker

 

Dulcet Refrains

Refreshments & Libations

Beer

Tequila

Whisky

 

 

 

Sources

The Magnificent Seven television series episodes (written, spoken and credits). Internet Movie Database (IMDb), Wikipedia, authors (cited), philosophers (cited), poets (cited), The Bible (cited), YouTube, (cited), individual observation. and others as indicated by the links.

 

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