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“The Burning Tree”

Season: 6 episode 22
Series Episode: 215
Air Date: February 9, 1963

Teaser

“When you start to evaluate human life as to who can and who cannot survive, you have no place to stop.”

Employment Solicitation

Favor for a friend

Fee

Undisclosed

Quote

“Early worm catch the bird.”
“Hey Boy”

“The early bird catches the worm.”
Idiom

Cast & Crew Lists

Cast

Character	Role	Actor	Actor Age	Status
Paladin	An arbiter	Richard Boone	45	Credited
Kim Chan "Hey Boy"	Hotel Carlton	Kam Tong	56	Credited
Fairchild	Accused killer of 7 wives	Whit Bissell	53	Credited
Ebner Jenkins	Osage Springs resident	Duane Grey	41	Credited
Letty Mae Stinchcomb	Stinchcomb's daughter	Elinor Donahue	25	Credited
Stinchcomb	Sheriff	Paul Fix	61	Credited
Eph	Osage Springs resident	George Brenlin	35	Credited
	Boy	Joe Madrid		Uncredited
	Boy's mother			Uncredited
	Woman in rocking chair on the general store's porch			Uncredited
	Woman standing by general store door			Uncredited
	2 women leaving Osage Springs general store			Uncredited
Billy McGuire	Accused killer			Mentioned
Emma	One of Fairchild's former wives			Mentioned
	Eph's ma			Mentioned
Mrs. White	Osage Springs resident			Mentioned

Crew

Director	Andrew V. McLaglen
Assistant Director	Gary Nelson
Creators	Herb Meadow & Sam Rolfe
Writers	Robert (Bob) Duncan & Wanda Duncan
Script Supervisor	Richard Chaffee
Producer	Robert Sparks
Associate Producer	Don Ingalls
Production Manager	Howard Joslin
Director of Photography	Frank (V.) Phillips
Art Director	Richard (Y.) Haman
Opening Theme Music	Bernard Hermann (Herrmann)
Episode Music by	Rene Garriguenc
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
Makeup Artist	Donald (W.) Roberson
Wardrobe	Joseph Dimmitt
Set Decorator	Claude E. Carpenter
Casting	Peggy Rae
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

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“The Burning Tree”

Chess knight courtesy of COCHISE LEATHER COMPANY

“The Burning Tree”

Teaser

Employment Solicitation

Fee

Quote

Cast & Crew Lists

Filming Locations

Historical Reference

Geographic References

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