“The Challenge”

“The Challenge”

 

Season:               3 episode 26
Series Episode:   86
Air Date:            March 28, 1968

 

 

Teaser

A peek into the dirty game of politics.

 

Cast & Crew Lists

Cast

Character	Role	Actor	Actor Age	Status
Victoria Barkley	Barkley matriarch	Miss Barbara Stanwyck	58	Credited
Jarrod Thomas Barkley, Esquire	Eldest Barkley son / Lawyer	Richard Long	37	Credited
Nicholas "Nick" Jonathan Barkley	Second Barkley son, / Property manager	Peter Breck	36	Credited
Heath Barkley	Tom Barkley's third son / Assistant property manager	Lee Majors	26	Credited
Jim Bannard "Jimbo"	U. S. Senator	James Gregory	56	Credited
William "Will" Daggett		Harold Gould	66	Credited
Jack Gill	Proprietor of Daguerreotypes & Photographer in Oxville	Eddie Firestone	47	Credited
	Drunk in Cattlemen's Hotel dining room	Lincoln Demyan	43	Credited
	Stockton Eagle reporter	Regis Philbin	36	Credited
	Townsman	Don Ames	46	Uncredited
	Townsman	George DeNormand	64	Uncredited
	Townsman	George Ford	62	Uncredited
	Townsman	Sig Frohlich	59	Uncredited
	Townsman	James Gonzalez	56	Uncredited
	Townsman	Shepard Houghton	53	Uncredited
	Townsman	Norman Stevans	51	Uncredited
	Townsman	Jack Tornek	81	Uncredited
	Townsman	Bob Whitney	55	Uncredited
Ozzie	Stagecoach driver			Uncredited
Sam	Cattlemen's Hotel desk clerk			Uncredited
Sombbreno	Black stallion with white star			Uncredited
	Pianist			Uncredited
	Cattlemen's Hotel waiter			Uncredited
Amelia Bannard	Jim Bannard's wife			Mentioned
	William Daggett's clerk			Mentioned
	Stockton sheriff			Mentioned

 

 

Crew

Creators	A. I. Bezzendes & Louis F. Edelman
Executive Producers	Arthur Gardner, Arnold Laven & Jules (V.) Levy
Producer	Lou Morheim
Producer's Assistant	Marian Carter (Carpenter) & Marilyn Fiebelkorn
Production Supervision	Norman S. Powell
Production Manager	Don Torpin
Production Coordinatorr	Tom (Ernst) R. Rolf
Director	Virgil W. Vogel
Assistant Director	Edward Teets
Writer	Margaret Armen
Theme Music Composer	George Duning
Music Supervision	Alfred Perry
Music	Elmer Bernstein
Music Editor	Harry King
Director of Photography	Wilfrid M. Cline, A.S.C.
Sound	Don Rush
Sound Effects	Kay Rose
Editing	Sherman A. Todd, A.C.E.
Art Direction	Jack DeShields (Jack F. De Shields)
Set Decorator	Pierre Ludlum
Make-up	Sidney Perrell
Hair Stylist	Gale McGarry
Wardrobe	Robert B. Harris
Barbara Stanwyck's Wardrobe	Jack Muhs
Casting	Harvey Clermont
Stunt Double (uncredited)	Jeannie Epper
Production Companies	Four Star Productions & Margate
Professional Associations	International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (I.A.T.S.E.)
Acknowledgements	Conference 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

Oxville, California
Sacramento, California, United States of America
Stockton, California, United States of America

 

Valley Victuals

Chablis
Roast pheasant

 

 

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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