“Squatter’s Rights”

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“Squatter’s Rights”

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Season:             5 episode 16
Series Episode: 171
Air Date:          December 30, 1961

 

 

Teaser

“Costigan was right in his cause, wrong in his ways. I fought him and I killed him. Now I’m going to make you get off his land. I hope I won’t have to kill you.”

 

 

Employment Solicitation

Personal decision

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Fee

“For free!”

 

 

 

Quote

“Then, like Samson in the hills of Judea, he smote them head and thigh until they killed him.”
Costigan

 

 

“And Samson said unto them, Though ye have done this, yet will I be avenged of you, and after that I will cease.
And he smote them hip and thigh with a great slaughter: and he went down and dwelt in the top of the rock Etam.”
Bible, Judges 15:7-8 King James Version

 

Cast & Crew Lists

Cast

Character	Role	Actor	Actor Age	Status
Paladin	An arbiter	Richard Boone	44	Credited
Sarah Clemenceau	Will Clemenceau's wife	Natalie Norwick	38	Credited
Will Clemenceau	Squatter	Robert J. Stevenson	46	Credited
Costigan	Cattleman / Landowner	Warren Stevens	42	Credited
Juan "Juanito" Quintos	Costigan's ranch hand	Carlos Romero	34	Credited
Charles "Charlie" Sim	Costigan ranch hand shuffling cards	Hal Needham	30	Credited
Jeb Turner	Clemenceau's ranch hand	Sandy Kenyon	49	Credited
Gurdy	Costigan ranch hand	Warren Joslin		Credited
Jessup	Costigan ranch hand			Uncredited
Joe Leads	Costigan ranch hand			Uncredited
	Costigan ranch hand			Uncredited
	Costigan ranch hand			Uncredited
	Costigan ranch hand			Uncredited
James Costigan	Costigan's brother			Mentioned
	Sara & Will Clemenceau's daughter			Mentioned

 

 

Crew

Director	Richard Boone
Assistant Director	Gary Nelson
Creators	Herb Meadow & Sam Rolfe
Writer	Harry Julian Fink
Script Supervisor	Richard Chaffee
Producer	Frank R. Pierson
Associate Producer	Howard Joslin & Albert Ruben
Director of Photography	Frank (V.) Phillips
Art Director	Richard (Y.) Haman
Opening Theme Music	Bernard Hermann (Herrmann)
"Ballad of Paladin" Singer	Johnny Western
"Ballad of Paladin" written by	Johnny Western, Richard Boone, Sam Rolfe
Film Editor	Everett Sutherland
Sound Mixer	Frederick (Fred) A. Kessler
Recording Company	Westrex Recording System
Re-recording by	Joel Moss
Property Master	Arthur Friedrich
Makeup Artist	Donald (W.) Roberson
Wardrobe	Joseph Dimmitt
Set Decorator	Fay Babcock
Casting	Peggy Rae
Titles and Opticals	Pacific Title
Richard Boone's Stunt Double	Hal Needham (Uncredited)
Production Companies	A CBS (Columbia Broadcasting System) Television Network Production

 

 

 

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 Reference

Battle of Antioch, American Civil War

 

 

Geographic Reference

Texas, United States of America
Wyoming Territory, 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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