“Day of Reckoning”
“Day of Reckoning”
Season: 1 episode 19
Series Episode: 19
Air Date: February 2, 1958
Maverick TV series starring James Garner and Jack Kelly
A Warner Bros. production
Teaser
A study in the conscience of a town.
Cast & Crew Lists
Cast
Character Role Actor Actor Age Status
Bret Maverick Gambler / Con artist James Garner 29 Credited
George Burton Print shop owner in Kiowa city
Willard Sage 35 Credited
Amy Hardie Walt Hardie's wife Virginia Gregg 41 Credited
Walt Hardie Marshal of Kiowa City / Amy Hardie's husband Russ (Russell) Thorsen (Thorson) 51 Credited
"Red" Scanlon Jack Wade's segundo / Gunfighter Mort Mills 39 Credited
Somers Leather Goods store proprietor in Kiowa city Jon Lormer 51 Credited
Jack Wade Rancher / Trail boss Tod Griffin 39 Credited
Gus Wilson Idle Hour Saloon owner Murvyn Vye 44 Credited
Charlie Printer for the Kiowa City Newspaper James McCallion 39 Credited
Lil Owner of Lil's Hotel Jean Willes 34 Credited
Slim Second cowhand with Jack Wade Morgan Sh'an (Shaan) 22 Credited
Harry Trail herd cook Troy Melton 36 Uncredited
Kiowa City townsman John Breen 51 Uncredited
Kiowa City townsman Luis Delgado 32 Uncredited
Kiowa City townsman Jack Henderson 62 Uncredited
Kiowa City townsman Chuck Hicks 30 Uncredited
Kiowa City townsman Philo McCullough 64 Uncredited
Kiowa City townsman Danny Sands 43 Uncredited
Kiowa City townsman Tom Wilson 77 Uncredited
Newspaper boy Sammy Ogg 18 Uncredited
Trial hand Emile Avery 49 Uncredited
Trial hand Clem Fuller 49 Uncredited
Trial hand Silver Harr 65 Uncredited
Trial hand Tex Holden 49 Uncredited
Trial hand Clyde Howdy 36 Uncredited
Trail hand Cactus Mack 58 Uncredited
Trail hand Kansas Moehring 60 Uncredited
Chet Williams Townsman Mentioned
"Whiskey" Jack Wade Jack Wade's father
Mentioned
Chet Williams' brother / Kiowa City townsman Mentioned
Governor of Kansas Mentioned
Crew
Director Leslie H. Martinson
Assistant Director Don Page (Don Alvarado)
Developed by
Roy Huggins (uncredited)
Writer
Carey Wilber
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
Ralph (S.) Hurst
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: He’s a rabbit, but he brays like a Rocky Mountain canary, loud enough to bring down the roof.
Meaning: The man is a coward, but talks bravely enough to cause everyone problems.
Somers: Regular game cock, ain’t he.
Meaning: Talks tough.
Bret Maverick: Like the bear said to the trap… I’ll stay because of my foot.
Meaning: There is no way out.
Lil: …You know, folks back East think cowboys are real romantic-like. They write books about ’em that way. But they ain’t that. They’re dirty, sweaty, smelly… They come off the trail hungry for everything. That’s why trail towns like this have deadlines and town marshals to keep the savages down here where they belong.
Lil: Isn’t there a man in this town willin’ to fight for what’s his?
Notable Mentions
Geographic References
Kiowa City, Kansas, United States of America
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Kansas
Ohio
Texas
The Games People Play
Bret Maverick: …They had some pretty good poker games in those towns along the way [cattle trails] ‘n Kiowa City was one of them. A town made prosperous by the trail drives. A prosperity they weren’t always happy with. The trail hands felt they were cheated in the stores and saloons. The townspeople felt that the cowhands were a bunch of savages. I don’t know about that. But they weren’t very good poker players
Bret Maverick: A man’s a fool to call a hand when he knows he’s beat. That’s one of the rules of my business.
Bret Maverick: What’ll it be gents? Lots of room. Stud or draw?
5-Card Draw Poker
5- Card Stud Poker
Grub
White bread
Coffee
Eggs
Ham slices
Pancakes
Potatoes with onions
Homemade Pies
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