“Strange Vendetta”
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“Strange Vendetta”
Season: 1 episode 7
Episode: 7
Air Date: October 26, 1957
Teaser
“Sit down gentlemen and sit still. I’ve come to order a coffin for the first one of you that makes a move.”
Employment Solicitation
Verbal request by Don Miquel Rojas, and as notified in the
San Francisco Star
Prominent Visitor Succumbs
Don Miquel Rojas, distinguished visitor from Mexico, died last night of wounds suffered when he was attacked by an unidentified assailant while attending the opera.
Fee
$1000 and expenses
Quote
“Tis not so deep as a well nor so wide as a church-door, but ’tis enough, ’twill serve.”
Paladin
ROMEO tries to break up the fight.
TYBALT stabs MERCUTIO under ROMEO’s arm.
PETRUCHIO
Away, Tybalt.
Exeunt TYBALT, PETRUCHIO, and the other CAPULETS
MERCUTIO
I am hurt.
A plague o’ both your houses! I am sped.
Is he gone and hath nothing?
BENVOLIO
What, art thou hurt?
MERCUTIO
Ay, ay, a scratch, a scratch. Marry, ’tis enough.
Where is my page?—Go, villain, fetch a surgeon.
Exit MERCUTIO’S PAGE
ROMEO
Courage, man. The hurt cannot be much.
MERCUTIO
No, ’tis not so deep as a well nor so wide as a church-door, but ’tis enough, ’twill serve.
Ask for me tomorrow, and you shall find me a grave man. I am peppered, I warrant, for this world.
A plague o’ both your houses! Zounds, a dog, a rat, a mouse, a cat to scratch a man to death!
A braggart, a rogue, a villain that fights by the book of arithmetic!
Why the devil came you between us? I was hurt under your arm.
ROMEO
I thought all for the best.
William Shakespeare, “Romeo and Juliet” Act III Scene 1
Cast & Crew Lists
Cast
| Character | Role | Actor | Actor Age | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paladin | An arbiter | Richard Boone | 40 | Credited |
| Kim Chan "Hey Boy" | Hotel Carlton porter | Kam Tong | 50 | Credited |
| Farley | American. border guard | Gerald Milton | 34 | Credited |
| Ramon Hernandez | Mexican border guard | Robert Contreras | 28 | Credited |
| Mayhew | Doctor | Onslow Stevens | 55 | Credited |
| Dona Maria Rojas | Miguel Rojas' wife | June Vincent | 37 | Credited |
| Don Miguel Rojas | Titled visitor from Mexico | Michael Pate | 37 | Credited |
| Timmons | Stagecoach driver | Rocky Shahan | 38 | Credited |
| Wilkins | Mortician | Ned Glass | 51 | Credited |
| Bandit | Abel Fernandez | 27 | Credited | |
| Hotel Carlton desk clerk | Brandon Beach | 78 | Credited | |
| Bandit leader | Fred Carson | 33 | Uncredited | |
| Bandit | Uncredited | |||
| Assassin | Uncredited | |||
| Colonel in command of the 3rd Cavalry in Nogales | Mentioned |
Crew
| Director | Andrew V. McLaglen |
|---|---|
| Assistant Director | Howard Joslin |
| Creators | Herb Meadow & Sam Rolfe |
| Writer | Ken Kolb |
| 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) (Uncreduted) |
| 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 |
| 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
Stagecoach scene
Iverson Ranch – 1 Iverson Lane, Chatsworth, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
Geographic References
China
Mexico
Mississippi River
Nogales, Arizona Territory, United States of America
San Francisco, California, United States of America
San Palacino, Mexico
Loma Verde, Mexico
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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