“Stage West”
“Stage West”
Season: 1 episode 6
Series Episode: 6
Air Date: October 27, 1957
Maverick TV series starring James Garner and Jack Kelly
A Warner Bros. production
Teaser
The ore assayed out at 90%. So did the trouble.
Cast & Crew Lists
Cast
Character Role Actor Actor Age Status
Bret Maverick Gambler and con artist James Garner 29 Credited
Mart Fallon Rancher Ray Teal 55 Credited
Rip Fallon Mart Fallon's youngest son Peter Brown 21 Credited
Wes Fallon Mart Fallon's oldest son Ed (Edd) Byrnes 25 Credited
Linda Harris Sam Harris' wife Erin O'Brien 23 Credited
Sam Harris Prospector / Linda Harris' husband Michael Dante 26 Credited
Matson Prospector / Sam Harris' partner Jim Bannon 65 Credited
McLean Stage passenger / former restaurateur Ollie O'Toole 45 Credited
Simmons Packsaddle Stage Depot passenger agent Chubby Johnson 54 Credited
Dave Taylor Stage passenger / Ella Taylor's husband (Robert) "Buddy" Shaw 50 Credited
Ella Taylor Stage passenger / Dave Taylor's wife Fern Barry 48 Credited
Tibbs Twin Bluffs' sheriff Howard Negley 58 Credited
Posse member Emile Avery 49 Uncredited
Posse member Danny Sands 43 Uncredited
Sioux warrior leading the raiding party Bill Walker Uncredited
Stagecoach driver Uncredited
Timmy Harris Linda & Sam Harris' son Mentioned
Jackson Rancher Mentioned
Linda Harris' mother Mentioned
Crew
Director Leslie H. Martinson
Assistant Director Edward ("Eddie") A. Prinz
Developed by
Roy Huggins (uncredited)
Teleplay
George F. Lavin
Based on a magazine story: "The Packsaddle Affair" by Louis L'Amour
Executive Producer
Wm. (William) T. Orr
Producer
Roy Huggins
Director of Photography
Carl Berger, A.S.C.
Art Director
Art Loel
Supervising Film Editor
James Moore
Film Editor
Carl Pingitore
Production Manager
Oren W. Haglund
Sound Samuel F. Goode
Set Decorator
Jerry Welch
Set Construction
Donald P. Desmond (uncredited)
Makeup Supervisor Gordon Bau, S.M.A.
Composer: Original Theme David Buttolph (uncredited)
Stock Music Composer Max Steiner (uncredited)
Production Company
Warner Bros. Television
Distribution Company
American Broadcasting Company (ABC)
Dialogue/Figurative Language/Literary References/Quotes
Simmons: I’ll be a three-toed sand lizard. You sure can’t tell a grass snake from a sidewinder ’til you get bit.
Note: There are three-toed lizards in the skink family in the Iberian Penninsula and Australia. American skinks have five toes.
Simmons: You double-dealing hyena.
Simmons: So now you’re squirming. The shoe’s on the other foot.
Bret Maverick: Where money is concerned, it can be dirty, dusty, or soggy; as long as it’s money.
Linda Harris: You have a way of twisting words. Of making black white and white black.
Meaning: To make wrong right and right wrong.
Simmons: Pot calling the kettle black.
Bret Maverick: One thing about a crook, he thinks everyone else is dishonest.
Notable Mentions
Geographic References
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Dodge City, Kansas, United States of America
Beaver Creek, Black Hills, Dakota Territory, United States of America
Black Hills, Dakota Territory, United States of America
Thorn Canyon
Twin Bluffs
The Games People Play
Bret: There are few things I’ll put money on, like a straight flush or a crooked mind.
Grub
Milk
Sandwiches
Southern fried rattlesnake*
Southern fried chicken
Spare ribs
*Note: Rattlesnakes and their meat can transmit salmonella. Cook completely. Clean any surface the snake or its meat comes in contact with thoroughly.
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