“The Revenger”

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“The Revenger”

 

Season:             5 episode 3
Series Episode: 158
Air Date:          September 30, 1961

 

Teaser

“You say the innocent among you go free; is that it, Turner? A murderer, an adultress, an embezzler, a cutthroat; where do I look for innocence?”

 

Employment Solicitation

Envelope containing Paladin’s business card, half of a $500 bill and a ticket on the Yuma to Prescott stage.
On the back of the business card is a note:
Take the Yuma stage from San Ysidro. Other half of bill and further details at meeting.

 

Fee

$1000

 

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
Altman	Insurance salesman / Embezzler	Shug Fisher	54	Credited
Conlon	Sheriff	Harry Carey, Jr.	40	Credited
Commodore Newcombe	Paladin's dining companion in the Hotel Carlton's dining room	Tom Conway	57	Credited
Lydia Turner	Ralph Turner's wife	Janet Lake	25	Credited
Ralph Turner	Former army major	Russell Arms	41	Credited
	Stagecoach driver	Bud Osborne	75	Credited
Soloman	Mexican bandit leader	Anthony Caruso	45	Credited
"Jelly"	Outlaw	Rayford Barnes	40	Credited
Miquel	Widower		45	Uncredited
	Mexican bandit	Bert Madrid	30	Mentioned
	Mexican bandit	Hal Needham		Mentioned
Carson	Army lieutenant / Lydia Turner's lover			Mentioned

 

 

Crew

Director	Andrew V. McLaglen
Assistant Director	Gary Nelson
Creators	Herb Meadow & Sam Rolfe
Writer	Robert E. Thompson
Script Supervisor	Richard Chaffee
Associate Producers	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	Samuel (Sam) Gold
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 (Umcredited)
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

 

Exterior scenes
Bishop, California, United States of America, United States of America
Chalk Bluffs, Inyo, California, United States of America

 

Closing Credits background
Lone Pine, California, United States of America

 

Historical References

Fyodor Dostoyevsky
The Brothers Karamazov

 

Geographic References

Prescott, Arizona, United States of America
San Francisco, California, United States of America
San Ysidro, California, United States of America
Yuma. Arizona, United States of America

 

Gastronomic Delight

Jelly beans

 

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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