“The Gospel Singer”

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“The Gospel Singer”

 

Season:             5 episode 6
Series Episode: 161
Air Date:          October 21, 1961

 

Teaser

“Your faith is beautiful, Melissa, but I was hired to clean up Bugbear. When I’ve finished I’ll collect my fee, and I’ll have earned it.”

 

 

Emplooyment Solicitation

Newspaper
Bugbear by any other name smell so like Bugbear.
March 9th.
Once playground of the wild bunch, Bugbear is cleaning house under new mayor and a new town spirit. First town fathers announced thy have changed their name from Bugbear to Ellysian, next they promised to rid the town of violence. But no one answered the toughest question, “How?”

 

 

Fee

Undisclosed amount

 

Quote

“All ways are the same way”
Paladin quoting Heraclitus

 

“The way up and the way down are one and the same.”
Heraclitus

Cast & Crew Lists

Cast

Character	Role	Actor	Actor Age	Status
Paladin	An arbiter	Richard Boone	44	Credited
Kim Chan "Hey Boy"	Hotel Carlton porter	Kam Tong	54	Credited
Harry Durbin	Will Durbin's brother / Hooligan	Noah Keen	41	Credited
Will Durbin	Hooligan	Brad Weston		Credited
Harper	Mayor	John McLiam	45	Credited
Sims	Durbin's sidekick / Hooligan	Ed Peck	44	Credited
"Sister" Melissa	Evangelist for the Plowshare Crusade	Suzi Carnell	18	Credited
Barber	First townsman to give up his gun	Roy Engel	48	Credited
	First hooligan to climb out the window and throw down his gun	Hal Needham	30	Uncredited
	Townsman	Jaye Durkus	27	Uncredited
	Townsman	Herman Hack	62	Uncredited
	Townsman	Ethan Laidlaw	61	Uncredited
	Townsman	Bert Madrid	45	Uncredited
	Townsman	William H. O'Brien	69	Uncredited
	Townsman	Fred Rapport	66	Uncredited

 

 

Crew

Director	Byron Paul
Assistant Director	ordon McLeanG
Creators	Herb Meadow & Sam Rolfe
Writer	Robert E. Thompson
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, A. C. E.
Sound Mixer	Frederick (Fred) A. Kessler
Recording Company	Westrex Recording System
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

 

 

Geographic References

Elysian a.k.a. Bugbear
San Francisco, California, 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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