“The Jeweled Gun”

 

Season: 1 episode 10

Series Episode: 10

Air Date: November 24, 1957

Maverick TV series starring James Garner and Jack Kelly

A Warner Bros. production

 

 

Teaser

A bad streak of luck foretells a deadly outcome.

 

Cast & Crew Lists

Cast

CharacterRoleActorActor AgeStatus
Bret MaverickGambler / Con artistJames Garner29Credited
Bart Maverick (a.k.a. John Haskell)Gambler / Con artistJack Kelly30Credited
Mrs. AdamsGuest in the La Mesa hotel Ezelle Poule52Credited
Fred CarterUndertakerAlfred (Al) Hopson37Credited
Enrique "Henry" FilipeAttorney & rancherMiquel LandaCredited
Daisy Haskell (a.k.a. Daisy Harris)Wealthy woman desiring a body guard Kathleen Crowley27Credited
MitchellStagecoach passenger / Gun fighterNorman (C.) Frederic (Fredericks)33Credited
SnopesFormer groom for John Haskell / La Mesa stable ownerTerry (Terence) DeMarney (De Marney, Rafferty)49Credited
Book of Knowledge salesmanEdwin BruceCredited
Sheriff of La MesaTom McKee40Credited
Sheriff in town where Snopes diesJames Parnell34Credited
Stagecoach passenger / Cattleman Roy Barcroft54Credited
Stagecoach passenger / Barbed wire salesmanStephen Coit37Credited
Fred AdamsGuest in the La Mesa Hotel / Mrs. Adams husband
Brandon Beach78Uncredited
Doctor in La MesaPhilo McCullough64Uncredited
Barker House Hotel ClerkDoug McClure22Uncredited
La Mesa hotel clerkHal Taggart61Uncredited
Man reading newspaperBert Madrid41Uncredited
Poker playerWalter Bacon66Uncredited
Stagecoach driverHenry Wills36Uncredited
TownsmanDavid O. McCall57Uncredited
TownsmanLuis Delgado32Uncredited
AdelaideBret Maverick's friend in Clayton Mentioned
Jonathan "John" Haskell Daisy Haskell's husband Mentioned

 

 

Crew

DirectorLeslie H. Martinson
Assistant DirectorC. Carter Gibson
Developed by
Roy Huggins (uncredited)
Writer
Roy Huggins
Executive Producer

Wm. (William) T. Orr
Producer
Roy Huggins

Director of Photography
Harold (E.) Stine, A.S.C.
Art Director
Art Loel
Supervising Film Editor
James Moore

Film Editors

Robert t.. Sparr, A.C.E.. / Robert Watts


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 ThemeDavid Buttolph (uncredited)

Stock Music ComposerMax Steiner (uncredited)
Production Company
Warner Bros. Television
Distribution Company
American Broadcasting Company (ABC)

 

 

Notable Mentions

Comanche  

 

Winchester

 

Derringer 

 

Barbed Wire

 

 

 

Geographic References

 

Clayton, New Mexico, United States of America

 

Dodge City, Kansas, United States of America

 

La Mesa, New Mexico, United States of America

 

Laramie, Wyoming, United States of America

 

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

 

Sante Fe, New Mexico, United States of America

 

Shanghai, China

 

 

The Games People Play

Bart Maverick: You could tell her I never play into a blind hand, but she probably wouldn’t know what that meant. So tell her I’m flattered but I’m just not looking for a job right now.

 

Bullfight

 

Cockfight

 

5-Card Draw Poker

 

Whist 

 

 

Grub

Brandy

 

 

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