“The Prisoner”

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“The Prisoner”

 

 

Season:             4 episode 14
Series Episode: 131
Air Date:          December 17, 1960

 

Teaser

“Justie, one of us is gonna get hurt if you go on holding that gun with your hand shaking like that. You hold it right there. I’m gonna get you some coffee.”

 

Employment Solicitation

Personal decision

 

Fee

None

 

Cast & Crew Lists

Cast

Character	Role	Actor	Actor Age	Status
Paladin	An arbiter	Richard Boone	43	Credited
Bradford	Judge attached to the First Judicial District of Boston	Liam Sullivan	37	Credited
Carlton	Coffinville sheriff	Barry Kelley	52	Credited
Justin "Justie" Groton	Youngest brother in the Groton gang	Buzz Martin	21	Credited
Keel	Posse member / Member of the Miner's Vigilance Committee	George Mitchell	55	Credited
Samuels	Representative of the Bureau of Territorial Records	Peter Brocco	57	Credited
	Carelton Hotel desk clerk	Tony Regan	52	Uncredited
	Coffinville court clerk	Hal Taggart	64	Uncredited
	Posse member	John George	62	Uncredited
	Posse member	Forest Burns	46	Uncredited
	Townsman	John Breen	54	Uncredited
	Townsman	Jaye Durkus	26	Uncredited
	Townsman	Bill Erwin	46	Uncredited
	Townsman	Jack Lilley	27	Uncredited
	Townsman	Cactus Mack	61	Uncredited
	Townsman	William Meader	56	Uncredited
	Townsman	Chick Sheridan	59	Uncredited
	Townsman	Sid Troy	52	Uncredited
	Townsman	Blackie Whiteford	71	Uncredited
Frank Groton	Justin Groton's brother			Mentioned
Harry Groton	Justin Groton's brother			Mentioned
Jim Groton	Justin Groton's brother			Mentioned

 

 

Crew

Director	Buzz Kulik
Assistant Director	Gordon McLean
Creators	Herb Meadow & Sam Rolfe
Writer	Robert E. Thompson
Story Editor	Albert Ruben
Script Supervisor	Richard Chaffee
Producer	Frank R. Pierson
Associate Producer	Howard Joslin
Director of Photography	Frank (V.) Phillips
Art Director	Walter E. Keller
Opening Theme Music Composer	Bernard Hermann (Herrmann)
Episode Music by	Fred Steiner
Conductor	Fred Steiner
"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 Mixer	Frederick (Fred) A. Kessler
Recording Company	Westrex Recording System
Re-recording by	Joel Moss
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
Casting	Stalmaster-Lister Company
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

Coffinville, California
San Francisco, California, United States of America

 

Gastronomic Delights

Licorice

 

 

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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