“Island in the Swamp”
Season: 2 episode 11
Series Episode: 38
Air Date: November 30, 1958
Maverick TV series starring James Garner and Jack Kelly
A Warner Bros. production
Teaser
Bret is trapped on an island in the bayou.
Cast & Crew Lists
Cast
Character Role Actor Actor Age Status
Bret Maverick Gambler / Con artist James Garner 30 Credited
"Daddy" David Forge Ellis Settlement resident Edgar Buchanan 55 Credited
Herbert Forge David Forge's oldest child Doye O'Dell 46 Credited
Ladybird Forge Youngest daughter of David Forge Arlene Howell 29 Credited
Victoria Forge David Forge's eldest daughter Erin O'Brien 24 Credited
Anthony Offord Oliver Offord's father Richard Reeves 46 Uncredited
Oliver Offord Ellis Settlement resident Lance Fuller 29 Credited
Phillipe Theirot Victoria's Arcadian fiance Albert Carrier 39 Credited
Sampson Postman & trader Roy Engel 45 Credited
Announcer Ed Reimers 56 Uncredited
Boatman with postman Uncredited
Two Cajuns that only speak French Uncredited
Ellis Settlement settler Luis Delgado 33 Uncredited
Ellis Settlement settler Emile Avery 50 Uncredited
Erlene Forge David Forge's second wife / Victoria's mother Mentioned
Isabelle Forge David Forge's first wife / Herbert's mother Mentioned
Mary Beth Forge David Forge's third wife / Lady Bird's mother Mentioned
Simon Teller Ellis Settlement settler Mentioned
Crew
Director Montgomery Pittman
Assistant Director Claude Binyon, Jr.
Developed by
Roy Huggins (uncredited)
Writer Montgomery Pittman
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 Samuel F. Goode
Set Decorator
Alfred E. Spencer
Makeup Supervisor Gordon Bau, S.M.A.
Stunt Double for James Garner Roydon Clark
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)
Dialogue/Figurative Language/Literary References/Quotes
Broken mirror and bad luck
Notable Mentions
Plantagenets
Salvage Law
Riverboats
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
Poor Richard’s Almanack
Arcadians (Cajuns)
Geographic References
New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America h
St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America
Bayou
Slum Marsh
Ellis Settlement “The Colony”
Grub
Coffee
Red gravy and rice
Rice with dried shrimp and black-eyed gravy
Red meated Watermelon
Music
“Greensleeves” (vocals)
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