“The Thirty-Ninth Star”
“The Thirty-Ninth Star”
Season: 2 episode 9
Series Episode: 36
Air Date: November 16, 1958
Maverick TV series starring James Garner and Jack Kelly
A Warner Bros. production
Teaser
A study in the dirty politics of the Gilded Age.
Cast & Crew Lists
Cast
Character Role Actor Actor Age Status
Bart Maverick Gambler / Con artist Jack Kelly 31 Credited
Quincy Bigelow Stagecoach passenger from Grantsville to Capital City Sam Buffington 27 Credited
Charles W. Farfan Worked for then Governor Stuart Mark Tapscott 33 Credited
Hazelton Kidnapper William Phipps 36 Credited
Janet Kilmer Former Governor Stuart's daughter Bethel Leslie 28 Credited
Judge Somervell Federal judge John Litel 65 Credited
Louie Wagon owner Nestor Paiva 53 Credited
Capital City marshal Roy Barcroft 56 Credited
Owner of the warehouse in Capital City Peter Mamakos 39 Credited
Announcer Ed Reimers 56 Uncredited
Dixon Mayor of Grantsville Robert Carson 49 Uncredited
"Doc" Doctor in Capital City Marshall Bradford 63 Uncredited
"Tiny" Thug for Hazelton Mickey Simpson 44 Uncredited
Bartender in Grantsville Alan Reynolds 50 Uncredited
Fake bellboy in Capital City Dennis Moore 53 Uncredited
Hotel desk clerk in Capital City Guy Wilkerson 58 Uncredited
Man passing by Fred Carson 35 Uncredited
Man attending Grantsville speech Jack Tornek 71 Uncredited
Man reading newspaper in front of the Capital City hotel Jack Perrin 62 Uncredited
Owner of the dry goods store Ken Christy 63 Uncredited
Stagecoach driver on the Grantsville to Capital City run Cactus Mack 59 Uncredited
Stagecoach driver with Bigelow as a passenger Guy Teague 45 Uncredited
Thug John Cliff 39 Uncredited
Second Thug Jack Williams 37 Uncredited
Townsman at speech in Grantsville Mike Lally 58 Uncredited
Townsman Joe Walls 42 Uncredited
Charles Sanderson Stuart Former Governor with a political machine Mentioned
Grantsville citizen Mentioned
Crew
Director Richard L. Bare
Assistant Director Don Page (Don Alvarado)
Developed by
Roy Huggins (uncredited)
Writer Marion Hargrove
Executive Producer
Wm. (William) T. Orr
Producer
Roy Huggins
Director of Photography
Harold (E.) Stine, A.S.C.
Art Director
Leo K. Kuter
Supervising Film Editor
James Moore
Film Editor
Robert T. Sparr, A.C.E.
Production Manager
Oren W. Haglund
Sound Francis J.. Scheid
Set Decorator
Mobray F. Berkeley
Makeup Supervisor Gordon Bau, S.M.A.
Stunts Bobby Somers (uncredited)
Composer: Original Theme David Buttolph (uncredited)
Original Theme Lyrics Paul Francis Weber
Stock Music Composer Max Steiner (uncredited)
Musician: Harmonica Tommy Morgan (uncredited)
Production Company
Warner Bros. Television
Distribution Company
American Broadcasting Company (ABC)
Notable Mentions
Bella Union
Brown Palace Hotel, Denver, Colorado, United States of America
Fourth of July
Overland Stage Line
Political machine
39 star flag (paragraph 3)
Geographic References
Capital City
Denver, Colorado, United States of America
Grantsville
Philidelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Washington, D. C., United States of America
East Texas, United States of America
The Games People Play
Judge Somerville: You’re, ah, new to the territory, aren’t you Mr. Maverick?
Bart Maverick: Just passing through.
Charles W. Farfan: Just passing through like a Kansas twister, Judge. Mr. Maverick here cleaned out the poker game in Grantsville last night.
Grub
Beans
Coffee
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