“The Burning Sky”
“The Burning Sky”
Season: 1 episode 22
Series Episode: 22
Air Date: February 16, 1958
Maverick TV series starring James Garner and Jack Kelly
A Warner Bros. production
Teaser
Desert heat, bandits, and a secret worth dying for.
Cast & Crew Lists
Cast
Character Role Actor Actor Age Status
Bart Maverick Gambler / Con artist
Jack Kelly 30 Credited
Mrs. Banning (a.k.a. Mrs. Baxter) Stagecoach passenger / Widow Joanna Barnes 23 Credited
Juan "Johnny" Bolero Stagecoach passenger ./ Horse thief Gerald Mohr 44 Credited
Chick Braus Stagecoach passenger Phillip Terry 49 Credited
Connors Stagecoach passenger / Rancher Douglas Kennedy 42 Credited
Letty French Stagecoach passenger / Saloon (cantina) singer Whitney Blake 32 Credited
Waystation manager
Syd Saylor 62 Credited
Bret Maverick Introduction only James Garner 29 Uncredited
Bart's horse Sickle Uncredited
Stagecoach driver Jimmie Booth 32 Uncredited
Twelve banditos Uncredited
Mr. Banning Mrs. Banning's deceased husband Mentioned
Delores Benares Deceased Mentioned
Benares family Political refugees Mentioned
Apaches Mentioned
Connor's sister Mentioned
Connors' ranch hands Mentioned
Crew
Director Gordon Douglas
Assistant Director Rusty Meek
Developed by
Roy Huggins (uncredited)
Teleplay
Russell S. Hughes
Story Howard Browne
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 Editors
Harold Minter, A.C.E. / Robert T. Sparr, A.C.E.
Production Manager
Oren W. Haglund
Sound M. A Merrick
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
Stagecoach driver: I’m not late until it’s tomorrow.
Notable Mentions
Geographic References
Mexico City, Mexico
Mexico
San Francisco, California, United States of America
St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America
Yuma, Arizona, United States of America
Grub
Coffee
Stew
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