“The Savage Hills”
“The Savage Hills”
Season: 1 episode 20
Series Episode: 20
Air Date: February 9, 1958
Maverick TV series starring James Garner and Jack Kelly
A Warner Bros. production
Teaser
Beautiful Samantha Crawford serves up a con as only she can do it.
Cast & Crew Lists
Cast
Character Role Actor Actor Age Status
Bart Maverick Gambler / Con artist
Jack Kelly 30 Credited
Samantha Crawford Con artist Diane Brewster 26 Credited
"Bogus" Benson (a.k.a. Clayton Palmer) Counterfeiting ring member John Dodsworth 47 Credited
Galt Sheriff in Pierre Stanley Andrews 66 Credited
Gunnerson Secret Service agent Peter Whitney 41 Credited
George Works for Palmer David Armstrong 33 Uncredited
Judge Thurston Hall 75 Credited
Bret Maverick Episode introduction only James Garner 29 Uncredited
Court clerk Joe Walls 41 Uncredited
Hotel clerk Forrest Lewis 58 Uncredited
Marshall Rusty Lane 58 Uncredited
Sioux X Brands 30 Uncredited
Train passenger Tex Holden 49 Uncredited
Trial spectator John Bose 56 Uncredited
Trial spectator Clem Fuller 49 Uncredited
Nora Gunnerson Gunnerson's wife Mentioned
Crew
Director Douglas Heyes
Assistant Director Rusty Meek
Developed by
Roy Huggins (uncredited)
Writer
Gerald Drayson Adams
Executive Producer
Wm. (William) T. Orr
Producer
Roy Huggins
Director of Photography
Harold (E.) Stine, A.S.C.
Art Director
Howard Campbell
Supervising Film Editor
James Moore
Film Editor
Rex Lipton
Production Manager
Oren W. Haglund
Sound Eugene (F.) Westfall
Set Decorator
William Wallace
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
Gunnerson: She sure must have been a charmer.
Bart: Dripping honeysuckle.
Meaning: when verbal responses are syrupy sweet and a bit cloying.
Samantha Crawford: Oh, fiddlesticks!
Samantha Crawford: Fiddledeedee.
Notable Mentions
Magnolia petals
Federal Courts in Council Bluffs, Iowa, United States of America (pg 9)
Secret Service
Packet
Western Belle packet ship
U.S. Treasury
Arapahoe
Sioux
Cheyenne
Delmonico’s
Geographic References
Atlanta, Georgia,United States of America
Council Bluffs, Iowa, United States of America
Grande Ile (Grand Isle) Grand Island, Nebraska, United States of America
Pierre, Dakota Territory, United States of America
Red Cloud, Nebraska, United States of America
Savannah, Georgia, United States of America
Springfield, Nebraska, United States of America
St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America
Texas, United States of America
Washington, D.C., United States of America
Dakota Territory
Elkhorn River
Missouri River
Nebraska River (this may be a reference to the Platte River)
Niobrara River
Whetstone (city) (There is a Whetstone River)
South America
The Games People Play
Bart Maverick: Poker, that’s it. That’s where I heard your name, I heard it from Bret. You took him at poker with a pair of nines against his straight. … I know, I know, straights are not played in five card stud unless it’s agreed to at the start of the game. And you took Bret for twenty thousand with that little stunt… Mad? I think it’s wonderful. Beatin’ Bret at his own game.
Bart: I don’t know. But if I were a gambling man, and I am, I’d call her bluff.
5-Card Draw Poker
5-Card Stud Poker
Cribbage
Whist
Grub
Steak (“Anything but buffalo”)
Buffalo
Bread
Butter
Champagne
Coffee
Scrambled eggs
Blueberry muffins
Pemmican (buffalo)
Potatoes
Baked ham and pineapple
Apple fritters
Sources: Maverick episodes (written, spoken and credits), Internet Movie Database (IMDb), Wikipedia, individual observations, and others as indicated by the links.
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