“Brasada Spur”
“Brasada Spur”
Season: 2 episode 22
Series Episode: 49
Air Date: February 22, 1959
Maverick TV series starring James Garner and Jack Kelly
A Warner Bros. production
Teaser
Powerful personalities collide over differences in opinions as to what is important in life.
Cast & Crew Lists
Cast
Character Role Actor Actor Age Status
"Colonel" Bart Maverick Gambler / Con artist Jack Kelly 31 Credited
Barnes
Bella Union Hotel desk clerk Fred Kruger 45 Credited
Rufus Elgee Owner of the Great Western Railroad Ken Lynch 48 Credited
Martha Abbott Mrs. Morgan's secretary Hope Summers 56 Credited
Greenbrier Lawyer / Belle Morgan's dinner entourage member Robert Carson 49 Credited
Horace Hogan Rufus Elgee's employee Ralph Neff 51 Credited
Dorrit MacGregor Belle Morgan's personal maid / Yum-Yum's keeper Gertrude Flynn 50 Credited
Terry McKenna Bella Union bellhop James (Jim) Lydon 35 Credited
Belle Morgan Widow / Owns the Bella Union and half of King City Julie Adams 32 Credited
Adam Sheppley Poker player that loses Brasada Spur stock Robert Griffin 56 Credited
Roy Stafford President / Bookkeeper / Freight agent / Janitor of the Brasada Spur Patrick McVey 48 Credited
Announcer Ed Reimers 56 Uncredited
Miss Boomer Bella Union manicurist Uncredited
Avery Cartright Principle stockholder of the Great Western Railroad Uncredited
Dr. Ellis Belle Morgan's doctor Uncredited
Hanley Rancher Fred Coby 42 Uncredited
Yum-Yum Belle Morgan's male Yorkie Uncredited
Belle Morgan's associate Paul Bradley 57 Uncredited
Belle Morgan's associate Kenneth Gibson 61 Uncredited
Belle Morgan's associate Perk Lazelle 51 Uncredited
Belle Morgan's associate Joe Walls 42 Uncredited
Belle Union barber Louis Quinn 43 Uncredited
Belle Union hotel guest Luis Delgado 33 Uncredited
Great Western engineer Sailor Vincent 57 Uncredited
Poker player Harold Miller 64 Uncredited
Poker player Paul McGuire 45 Uncredited
Poker player Jack Mower 68 Uncredited
Ranch hand George Bell 60 Uncredited
Brasada Spur telegrapher Hal Taggart 62 Uncredited
Belle Morgan's personal waiter
Jon Lormer 52 Uncredited
Bret Maverick Gambler / Con artist
Mentioned
Blackburn Man at the Union Club in Chicago Mentioned
Canton Newspaperman who can be bought Mentioned
Cyrus Hay Morgan Belle Morgan's deceased husband Mentioned
Dr. Tuckeroo Medicine show doctor Mentioned
White Newspaperman who can be bought Mentioned
Farmers east of King City Mentioned
Maitre D' at the Bella Union Uncredited
Stafford's two children Mentioned
Brasada Spur tower man Mentioned
Crew
Director Paul Henreid
Assistant Director Rusty Meek
Developed by
Roy Huggins (uncredited)
Teleplay John Tucker Battle
Story Palmer Thompson
Executive Producer
Wm. (William) T. Orr
Producer
Roy Huggins
Director of Photography
Wesley Anderson
Art Director
Howard Campbell
Supervising Film Editor
James Moore
Film Editor
Carl Pingitore
Production Manager
Oren W. Haglund
Sound Robert B. Lee
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
Bart: I’d be as happy as a bear in a bee hive if you’d come to New Orleans with me.
Notable Mentions
Transcontinenal Rail Line
Lazarus
Union Club, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
Mardi Gras
Speaking tubes
Bull mastiff
Yorkshire terrior
Geographic References
Brasada
California
Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
Junction City, Kansas, United States of America
Dakota Territory, United States of America
Washington, D.C., United States of America
Wisconsin, United States of America
King City (Oregon, Missouri, Georgia, California)
New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America
New York, New York, United States of America
Alaska, United States of America
Texas, United States of America
Brasada Pass
The Games People Play
Bart: I rarely bluff.
Grub
Apple
Breast de Villon en cocotte
Champagne
Coffee
Roast beef
Rolls
Tea
Whiskey
Poker table tidbits
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