“The Saga of Waco Williams”

“The Saga of Waco Williams”

 

 

Season: 2 episode 21

Series Episode: 48

Air Date: February 15, 1959

Maverick TV series starring James Garner and Jack Kelly

A Warner Bros. production

 

 

Teaser

Honesty is the best policy.

 

 

Cast & Crew Lists

Cast

Character	Role	Actor	Actor Age	Status
Bret Maverick	Gambler / Con artist / Bounty hunter	James Garner	30	Credited
"Colonel" Karl Bent	Wealthy rancher / Built Bent City / Owner of Bent House	R. G. Armstrong	41	Credited
Kathy Bent	"Colonel" Bent's daughter	Louise Fletcher	24	Credited
Karl Bent, Jr.	"Colonel" Bent's son / Poker player	Brad Johnson	34	Credited
Menzies	Bent City townsman Waco Williams asks if anyone has been looking for him	Syd Saylor	63	Credited
Jack Regan	Poker player/Works for "Colonel" Bent	Lane Bradford	36	Credited
Boyd Tait	Sheriff of Bent City / Hired gun	Ken Mayer	40	Credited
Waco Williams	26 year old that doesn't eat dirt and is a fast and accurate with a gun	Wayde Preston	29	Credited
Bernie	Deputy in Bent City	Harry Lauter	44	Credited
Charlie	Poker player with wife	Stephen Coit	38	Credited
	Announcer	Ed Reimers	56	Uncredited
"Blackie" Dolan	Outlaw with a $2500 reward on his head			Uncredited
Perkins	Man whittling	Hank Patterson	70	Uncredited
	Bent City townsman	Emile Avery	50	Credited
	Bartender			Uncredited
	"Colonel" Bent's houseman			Uncredited
	Poker player			Uncredited
	Poker player			Uncredited
	Bent City townsman	George Bell	60	Uncredited
	Bent City townsman	Joe Brooks	35	Uncredited
	Bent City townsman	Luis Delgado	33	Uncredited
	Bent City townsman	Kansas Moehring	61	Uncredited
	Bent City townsman	Fred Stromsoe	28	Uncredited
Bart Maverick	Gambler / Con artist			Mentioned
Dave Hart	Professional gunman			Mentioned
Carmen Sanchez	Karl Bent, Jr.'s girlfriend			Mentioned
	Baggage clerk			Mentioned
	Judge			Mentioned
	Tin horn with a holdout clip			Mentioned
	Waco's sidekick (deceased)			Mentioned

 

Crew

Director	Leslie H. Martinson
Assistant Director	Robert Farfan
Developed by	Roy Huggins (uncredited)
Teleplay	Gene (L.) Coon
Story	Montgomery Pittman
Executive Producer	Wm. (William) T. Orr
Producer	Roy Huggins
Director of Photography	Perry Finnerman
Art Director	Howard Campbell
Supervising Film Editor	James Moore
Film Editor	Robert Watts
Production Manager	Oren W. Haglund
Sound	Stanley Jones
Set Decorator	William Wallace
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)
Production Company	Warner Bros. Television
Distribution Company	American Broadcasting Company (ABC)

 

 

Dialogue/Figurative Language/Literary References/Quotes

Bret Maverick: We all have to eat a little dirt sometime. It’s good for us.

“We all know what you can do with a little acre.” This may be a reference to the movie “God’s Little Acre,” based on the 1933 novel by Erskine Caldwell, that was released in 1958.

 

Bret: Waco, I’ve never seen a man do so many things wrong. Have you ever been in a gulf hurricane?
Waco Williams: No
Bret: Well, its the big pine trees and the thick oak trees that get uprooted first. The palm trees are smart. They give with the wind.
Waco Williams: That sounds like pretty good advice… for trees.
Bret Maverick: They live a long time.

 

 

Notable Mentions

Homestead Act of 1862
Range War
Rutherford B. Hayes
Disputed presidential election
Samuel Jones Tilden 

 

 

Geographic References

Bent City
Brasada
Denver, Colorado, United States of America
Kansas City , Missouri, United States of America
Rocky Mountains “Rockies,” United States of America

 

 

The Games People Play

Bret: Is this an open game?

 

5-Card Draw Poker
Holdout clip 

 

 

Grub

Drop biscuits
Coffee
Ketchup
Pancakes with butter and syrup
Breakfast Stew

 

 

Music

“Little Brown Jug” (Instrumental)
“Camptown Races” (Instrumental)
“Oh Suzannah!” (Instrumental)

 

 

 

 

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