“The Comstock Conspiracy”
“The Comstock Conspiracy”
Season: 1 episode 14
Series Episode: 14
Air Date: December 29, 1957
Maverick TV series starring James Garner and Jack Kelly
A Warner Bros. production
Teaser
Bret needs to prove that he killed a man.
Cast & Crew Lists
Cast
Character Role Actor Actor Age Status
Bret Maverick
Gambler / Con artist James Garner 29 Credited
Ellen Bordeen (a.k.a. Jane Vaughn) Ralph Bordeen's daughter Ruta Lee 22 Credited
John Bordeen Railroad owner / Jerome Horne's partner / Comstock Club member / Ralph Bordeen's twin brother / Ellen Bordeen's uncle Ed Prentis 49 Credited
Ralph Bordeen (a.k.a. John Bordeen) Rancher / Ellen Bordeen's father / John Bordeen's twin brother Ed Prentis 49 Credited
Norman Brock Gunman Arthur Batanides 34 Credited
Jerome Horne Railroad owner / John Bordeen's partner / Rancher / Comstock Club member / Oliver McGownan 50 Credited
Alex Jennings Mining engineer Werner Klemperer 37 Credited
Venner Clerk at the Horne Bordeen Holding Co. Percy Helton 63 Credited
Sheriff of Virginia City Terry Frost 51 Credited
Dealer at the Comstock Club Luis Delgado 32 Uncredited
Doctor in Virginia city William H. O'Brien 66 Uncredited
Tom Doorman at the Comstock Club Jack Shea 44 Uncredited
Alfred Clegg Gold miner Forbes Murray 73 Uncredited
Horne ranch guard Glenn Strange 58 Uncredited
Stagecoach driver Boyd "Red" Morgan 42 Uncredited
Stagecoach passenger Joy Rogers 41 Uncredited
Stagecoach passenger Harry Strang 65 Uncredited
Virginia City townsman George Barrows 43 Uncredited
Virginia City townsman Philo McCullough 50 Uncredited
Virginia City townsman Sailor Vincent 56 Uncredited
Mrs. Bordeen Ralph Bordeen's wife / Ellen Bordeen's mother Mentioned
William Deuten Rancher / Comstock Club member Mentioned
Stewart Kennedy Silver mine owner / Comstock Club member Mentioned
Ellen Bordeen's brother Mentioned
Hotel clerk Mentioned
Crew
Director Howard W. Koch
Assistant Director Robert Farfan
Developed by
Roy Huggins (uncredited)
Writer
Gene Levitt
Executive Producer
Wm. (William) T. Orr
Producer
Roy Huggins
Director of Photography
Ralph A. Woolsey, A.S.C.
Art Director
Howard Campbell
Supervising Film Editor
James Moore
Film Editor
Robert Watts
Production Manager
Oren W. Haglund
Sound Samuel F. Goode
Set Decorator
Mowbray Berkeley
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
Bret Maverick: Some men can’t stand to lose ten cents…no matter how rich they are.
Bret Maverick: Mixing in other people’s business isn’t my profession.
Notable Mentions
Comstock Club (This may be an allusion to The Washoe Club)
Geographic References
Carson City, Nevada, United States of America
Havana, Cuba
New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America
San Francisco, California, United States of America
Virginia City, Nevada, United States of America
Washington, D.C., United States of America
The Games People Play
Bret Maverick: A long time ago, Mr. Bordeen, I decided that a gambling debt wasn’t ever important enough to kill a man over. I decided that welchers are people to feel sorry for; that the pressure that made them crawl so low must have been worse than anything I could do to them. So I let it go at that – marked it off to profit and loss. But you don’t get off that easy. No, sir. Every time your name comes up, Mr. Bordeen, every place I go I’m going to tell this little story about how the millionaire railroad builder didn’t actually lose ten thousand dollars to the stranger after all. Why not? Because he didn’t pay the stranger what he owed him.
5-Card Draw Poker
Cut the Ace of Spades
Grub
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