“Blind Circle”

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“Blind Circle”

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Season:             5 episode 14
Series Episode: 169
Air Date:          December 16, 1961

 

 

Teaser

“You’re gettng old, Larker. Sooner or later someone’ll best you and then you’ll have to go too far, and they’ll have to hang you. It’ll happen. One way or the other.”

 

 

 

Employment Solicitation

Peronal request by Hughes and McCormack.

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Fee

Undisclosed

 

 

Cast & Crew Lists

Cast

Character	Role	Actor	Actor Age	Status
Paladin	An arbiter	Richard Boone	44	Credited
Sarah Allyson	Young woman at the dining table	Susan Davis		Credited
Hughes	Cattleman's Association representative	Gerald Gordon	27	Credited
Jess Larker	Cattleman's Association hired gun	Hank Patterson	73	Credited
Emily Madison	Boarding house owner	Ellen Atterbury	44	Credited
McCormack	Cattleman's Association representative	Woodrow (Woody) Chambliss	47	Credited
Parsons	Salesman	Robert (Bob) Jellison	53	Credited
Simpson	Store owner	Harrison Lewis	61	Credited
	Trail boss	Stuart Holmes	77	Credited
Mr. Allyson	Former convict			Uncredited
Mrs. Simpson	Mr. Simpson's wife			Uncredited
Cabel	Cattle rustler	Hal Taggart	65	Uncredited
Tom Kane	Cattleman's Association hired gun			Mentioned

 

 

Crew

Director	Richard Donner
Assistant Director	Gary Nelson
Creators	Herb Meadow & Sam Rolfe
Writer	Anthony Wilson
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)
Episode Music by	Lucien Moraweck
Conductor	Lud Gluskin
"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
Re-recording by	Joel Moss
Property Master	Arthur Friedrich
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

India
San Francisco, California, United States of America

 

 

Gastronomic Delights

Beans
Cold duck
Mashed potatoes
Stew

 

 

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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