“Escape to Tampico”
“Escape to Tampico”
Season: 2 episode 6
Series Episode: 33
Air Date: October 26, 1958
MaverickTV series starring James Garner and Jack Kelly
A Warner Bros. production
Teaser
Bret travels to La Cantina Americana to collect a bounty.
Cast & Crew Lists
Cast
Character Role Actor Actor Age Status
Bret Maverick Gambler / Con artist James Garner 30 Credited
Paul Brooks Dealer at La Cantina Americana / Lothario John Hubbard 44 Credited
Steve Corbett (a.k.a. James Stevens) Wanted for murder / Owner of La Contina Americana Claire Carleton 44 Credited
Sam Garth Dealer at Cantina Americana William D. Gordon 40 Credited
Amy Gireaux (a.k.a. Amy Lawrence) Singer in La Cantina Americana / Wife of Victor Gireaux Barbara Lang 30 Credited
Roul Gireaux Partiarch and owner of The House of Gireaux, Silversmiths Louis Mercier 57 Credited
Rene Gireaux Raoul Gireaux's son Paul Picerni 35 Credited
Herr Ziegler Raoul Gireaux's fencing master Ralph Faulkner 67 Credited
Carlos Maitre D' at Cantina Americana Nacho Galindo 49 Credited
Chicuelo Guitarist Tony Romano 43 Credited
Announcer Ed Reimers 56 Uncredited
Fred Fowler Cantina patron / Owns Fowler Furniture in Cedar Rapids, Iowa Roy Engel 45 Uncredited
Phillip Gireaux's butler in Corpus Christi Uncredited
Three assassins Uncredited
Gambler working with the blackjack dealer at Cantina Americana George Baxter 53 Uncredited
Wheel of Fortune gambler working with the croupier Phil Arnold 49 Uncredited
Cantina patron Paul Cristo 51 Uncredited
Cantina patron Tom Ferrandini 56 Uncredited
Cantina patron Jack Henderson 63 Uncredited
Hotel clerk in Corpus Christi Jack Perrin 62 Uncredited
Poker player Barry Brooks 48 Uncredited
Major Carponce Mutual friend of Bret Maverick & Raoul Gireaux Mentioned
Victor Gireaux Raoul Gireaux's younger son / husband of Amy Gireaux / Sculptor Mentioned
Rachel Stoker One of Paul Brook's conquests Mentioned
Small man with bald head Mentioned
Crew
Director Douglas Heyes
Assistant Director Eddie Prinz
Developed by
Roy Huggins (uncredited)
Writer Douglas Heyes
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
Robert Watts
Production Manager
Oren W. Haglund
Sound Francis E. Stahl
Set Decorator
Jerry Welch
Makeup Supervisor Gordon Bau, S.M.A.
Composer: Original Theme David Buttolph (uncredited)
Original Theme Lyrics Paul Francis Weber
Stock Music Composer Max Steiner (uncredited)
Musician: Harmonica Tommy Morgan (uncredited)
"Cielito Linda" performed by Tony Romano
Production Company
Warner Bros. Television
Distribution Company
American Broadcasting Company (ABC)
Dialogue/Figurative Language/Literary References/Quotes
Paul Brooks: I don’t know. Ice melts mighty fast in this climate.
Meaning: a cold romantic reception (the “cold shoulder”) can change quickly with the right encouragement.
Bret: A penny saved is a penny earned.
“A penny saved is a penny got.” Benjamin Franklin, Poor Richard’s Almanac, 1758
“A penny saved is two pence clear.” Benjamin Franklin, Poor Richard’s Almanac, 1737
“This I did not prevent expences, for… A penny sav’d, is a penny got.” Edward Ravenscroft, Canterbury Guests, 1695
“By the same proportion that a penny saved is a penny gained, the preserver of books is a Mate for the Compiler of them.” Thomas Fuller, The Histories of the Worthies of England, 1661
“A penny spar’d is twice got.” George Herbert, Outlandish Proverbs, 1640
Notable Mentions
The Gireaux house is located on Rue de le Conte (Street of the Tale)
The Cafe American front from Casablanca is used as the front for La Cantina Americana.
Geographic References
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Corpus Christi, Texas, United States of America
Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America
New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America
St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America
Tampico, Tamaulipas, Mexico
The Games People Play
Bret Maverick: The trip from Memphis to New Orleans cost $47, if you didn’t play poker. For me, the price was $2358. Ah, but I wasn’t discouraged when we docked at New Orleans. I still had the thousand dollar bill I kept for emergencies fastened in the lining of my coat with a safety pin. One week later, I still had the safety pin.
Bret Maverick: No thanks. No, when I play cards with somebody else’s money I treat it just like my own. Believe me, nothing is treated more tenderly than that.
Blackjack / Twenty-one
Faro
Poker
Roulette
Wheel of Fortune
Grub
Music
“He’s Gone Away” (vocals)
“My Own True Love” (vocals)
“Cielito Lindo” (vocals)
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