“The Search”

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“The Search”

 

Season:             3 episode 39
Series Episode: 117
Air Date:          June 18, 1960

 

Teaser

“Now that you’ve told me all about it, you go and tell Mr. Harper that I was inquiring about Mr. Edwards.”

 

 

Employment Solicitation

Letter and a personal request from Mrs. Kilmer

 

Fee

$1000

 

Quotes

“The memory of the just is blessed.”
Paladin

The memory of the just is blessed: but the name of the wicked shall rot.
Bible, Proverbs 10:7 King James Version

“This is the way. Walk ye in it”
Paladin

“And thine ears shall hear a word behind thee, saying,
This is the way, walk ye in it,
when ye turn to the right hand,
and when ye turn to the left.”
 Bible, Isaiah 30:21 King James Version

Cast & Crew Lists

Cast

Character	Role	Actor	Actor Age	Status
Paladin	An arbiter	Richard Boone	43	Credited
Jack Foster	Harper's assistant	Tex Lambert	44	Credited
Lane Kilmer	Martin Kilmer's brother	Wright King	37	Credited
Martin Kilmer a.k.a. Fred Harper	Mrs. Kilmer's missing son	Charles Aidman	35	Credited
Mrs. Kilmer	Lane and Martin Kilmer's mother	Lillian Bronson	51	Credited
Fred Mosely	Preacher	Perry Cook		Credited
Jean Mosely	Fred Mosely's wife	Peggy Rae	39	Credited
Plummer	Sheriff / Town Clerk / Notary Public / Safe Deposit Vault / Masonry / Odd Jobs / Repairs / Reloads / Firearms / Hats Blocks / Saddles & Harness Fixed	Earle Hodgins	66	Credited
"Shorty"	Owner of Harper's Livery	Ted Markland	27	Credited
	Hotel Carlton desk clerk	Tony Reagan (Regan)	51	Credited
	Messenger	Brad Weston		Credited
	Paladin's inamorata	Pamela Raymond	31	Credited
	Blacksmith	Ted Smile	39	Uncredited
	Harper City citizen	Robert Robinson	56	Uncredited
	Harper City citizen	Max Wagner	58	Uncredited
	Nurse at St. Mary's Hospital			Uncredited
	Harper City citizen	Ray Jones	61	Uncredited
	Harper City citizen	Kermit Maynard	62	Uncredited
Tom Edwards	Private Detective			Mentioned
	Mrs. Kilmer's youngest son, deceased			Mentioned

 

 

Crew

Director	Richard Boone
Assistant Director	Jack Voglin
Creators	Herb Meadow & Sam Rolfe
Teleplay	Sloan Nibley & Frank R. Pierson
Story	Sloan Nibley
Script Supervisor	Richard Chaffee
Producer	Ben Brady
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	Wilbur Hatch
"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	Samuel (Sam) Gold
Sound	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
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

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

 

Music

“Bringing in the Sheaves”

 

 

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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