“The Naked Gun”

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“The Naked Gun”

 

Season:             3 episode 14
Series Episode: 92
Air Date:          December 19, 1959

 

Teaser

“They’ll never stop talking about you. Rook. A man so sure of his draw and his trick shooting he had to hang his opposition.”

 

Employment Solicitation

Telegrams
Portland from John Euchre Pierce

July 13, Poker game with man with gold mine. Pot now $6000. Please join. Back my bets.

 

July 24^th. Pot $42000, somebody else’s railroad and his gold mine, my promisary note for $15,000. No sleep 10 days. Desperate.

 

July 27^th. Fortune awaits. Can’t stay awake much longer.

 

Paladin’s response

Since you’ve been awake for 10 days, five days longer won’t be any harm to you. Am riding full speed to back your bets.

Fee

None

Cast & Crew Lists

Cast

Character	Role	Actor	Actor Age	Status
Paladin	An arbiter	Richard Boone	42	Credited
Kim Chan "Hey Boy"	Hotel Carlton porter	Kam Tong	53	Credited
Kew	Drover	Dallas Mitchell	32	Credited
Lace	Drover	Lane Chandler	60	Credited
Mabry	Drover	Hal Needham	28	Credited
Monk Bordelli	Trail scavenger	Ken Curtis	43	Credited
Rook	Trail boss	Robert (J.) Wilke	45	Credited
Rex	Drover	Stewart East	46	Credited
	Drover	K. L. Smith	37	Credited
"Cookie"	Trail cook			Uncredited
	Hotel Carlton tabacconist			Uncredited
Fred	Monk's uncle			Mentioned
John Euchre Pierce	Poker Player			Mentioned

 

 

Crew

Director	Andrew V. McLaglen
Assistant Director	Jack Voglin
Creators	Herb Meadow & Sam Rolfe
Writer	Jay Simms
Script Supervisor	Richard Chaffee
Producer	Sam Rolfe
Associate Producer	Frank R. Pierson
Production Manager	Howard Joslin
Director of Photography	Stuart Thompson, A.S.C.
Art Director	Walter E. Keller
Opening Theme Music Composer	Bernard Hermann (Herrmann)
Episode Music by	Paul Dunlap
"Ballad of Paladin" Singer	Johnny Western
"Ballad of Paladin" written by	Johnny Western, Richard Boone, Sam Rolfe
Music Editor	Gene Feldman
Production Supervisor	Dewey Starkey
Film Editor	Everett Sutherland
Sound Editor	Roderick Sound, Inc.
Sound Effects	Gene Eliot, M.P.S.E.
Property Master	Arthur Friedrich
Makeup Artist	Donald (W.) Roberson
Hair Stylist	Madine Danks, C.H.S.
Wardrobe	Joseph Dimmitt
Set Decorator	Herman N. Schoenbrun & Charles Vassar
Casting	Stalmaster-Lister Co.
Richard Boone's Stunt Double	Hal Needham (Uncredited)
Production Companies	A CBS (Columbia Broadcasting System) Television Network Production
Recording Company'	Westrex Recording System

 

 

 

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

Portland, Oregon, United States of America
San Francisco, California, United States of America

 

Gastronomic Delights

Steak

 

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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