“Passage to Fort Doom”

“Passage to Fort Doom”

 

Season: 2 episode 23

Series Episode: 50

Air Date: March 8, 1959

Maverick TV series starring James Garner and Jack Kelly

A Warner Bros. production

 

 

Teaser

Desire, engagement, adultery, and marriage are all put to the test on a wagon train to “Fort Doom.”

 

 

Cast & Crew Lists

Cast

Character	Role	Actor	Actor Age	Status
Bart Maverick	Gambler / Con artist	Jack Kelly	31	Credited
Cindy Lou Brown	Friend of Bart Maverick	Arlene Howell	29	Credited
Ben Chapman	Dorothy Chapman's husband	John Alderson	42	Credited
Dorothy "Dottie" Chapman	Ben Chapman's wife / Lee Granger's lover	Nancy Gates	33	Credited
Lee Granger	Dorothy Chapman's lover	Fred Beir	31	Credited
Fergus MacKenzie	Wagon master / Storekeeper	Alan Caillou	34	Credited
Claude Rogan	Robber	Charles Cooper	32	Credited
Charles "Charlie" Stanton	Charlotte Stanton's father	Thomas B. (Browne) Henry	51	Credited
Charlotte Stanton	George's fiancee	Diane McBain	18	Credited
Frank	Claude Rogan's henchman	Raymond Barnes	38	Credited
Joe	Claude Rogan's henchman	Ron Hayes	30	Credited
	Announcer	Ed Reimers	56	Uncredited
	Bart's horse	Sickle		Uncredited
	American Indians			Uncredited
Martha Stanton	Charlotte Stanton's mother			Uncredited
George	Cavalry lieutenant / Charlotte Stanton's fiance / Old Baltimore family			Mentioned
	Wells Fargo station agent			Mentioned

 

Crew

Director	Paul Henreid
Assistant Director	Don Page (Don Alvarado)
Developed by	Roy Huggins (uncredited)
Writer	Roy Huggins
Executive Producer	Wm. (William) T. Orr
Producer	Roy Huggins
Director of Photography	Edwin (B.) DuPar, A. S. C.
Art Director	Howard Campbell
Supervising Film Editor	James Moore
Film Editors	Robert B. Warwick, Jr, A.C.E. / David Wages
Production Manager	Oren W. Haglund
Sound	Samuel F. Goode
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: Maybe that’s why women dislike other women. They understand each other.

 

Cindy Lou: Like to share my wagon?
Bart Maverick: Better than a kick in the shins.

 

Notable Mentions

Wells Fargo
Cholera
American Indians and the Black Hills
The seven year itch

 

 

 

Geographic References

Deadwood, Dakota Territory, United States of America
Fort Brader (“Fort Doom”)
Spring City, Utah or Spring City, Nevada, United States of America
Virginia
Black Hills, Dakota Territory, United States of America
Ocher Hill Trail
Shale Creek

 

 

The Games People Play

Bart Maverick: I feel sorry for men that gamble, Mr MacKenzie, downright sorry.

 

Grub

Beans
Roast beef
Bread
Potatoes
Coffee

 

 

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