“Two Tickets to Ten Strike”
“Two Tickets to Ten Strike”
Season: 2 episode 24
Series Episode: 51
Air Date: March 15, 1959
Maverick TV series starring James Garner and Jack Kelly
A Warner Bros. production
Teaser
“Why?”
Cast & Crew Lists
Cast
Character Role Actor Actor Age Status
Bret Maverick Gambler / Con artist James Garner 30 Credited
Eddie Burke Mae Miller's henchman William D. Gordon 41 Credited
"Frankie" French (nee Frankovich)
Woman promised a benefactor in Ten Strike Connie Stevens 20 Credited
Nick Frankovich (a.k.a. Martin Scott) Ten Strike banker Lyle Talbot 57 Credited
Mae Miller Saloon owner Andrea King 40 Credited
Vic Nolan Mae Miller's henchman Adam West 30 Credited
Joe Barber Roscoe Ates 64 Credited
Poker player in Faro City that passed through Ten Strike John Harmon 53 Credited
Sheriff in Ten Strike Duane Grey 37 Credited
Announcer Ed Reimers 56 Uncredited
Dr. "Doc" Staley Ten Strike doctor Uncredited
Bartender Danny Sands 44 Uncredited
Blacksmith in Ten Strike Jack Henderson 63 Uncredited
Croupier Emile Avery 50 Uncredited
Croupier Luis Delgado 33 Uncredited
Cattleman's Hotel desk clerk Hal Hopper 46 Uncredited
Printer in Ten Strike Forest Lewis 50 Uncredited
Stagecoach driver Jack Mower Uncredited
Townsman Fred Stromsoe 28 Uncredited
Woman in the store where Eddie Burke dies Uncredited
Mrs. Frankovich Frankie French's mother Mentioned
Stoner Knew Nick Frankovich in Virginia City / Poker player that accused Bret Maverick of cheating in Virginia City, Montana 8 years ago Mentioned
Claire Worked at the dance hall with Frankie French Mentioned
Claire's boyfriend Mentioned
Frankovich's partner in a gold mine Mentioned
Crew
Director Douglas Heyes
Assistant Director C. Carter Gibson
Developed by
Roy Huggins (uncredited)
Writer Douglas Heyes
Executive Producer
Wm. (William) T. Orr
Producer
Roy Huggins
Director of Photography
Ralph Woolsey, A. S. C.
Art Director
Howard Campbell
Supervising Film Editor
James Moore
Film Editors
Walter S. Stern, A.C.E. / (J.) Frank O'Neill
Production Manager
Oren W. Haglund
Sound M. A. Merrick
Set Decorator
Ben Bone
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
Vic Nolan: Ours is not to reason why, ours is but…,
“Theirs not to reason why,
Theirs but to do and die.”
“The Charge of the Light Brigade” by Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson, 1854
Vic Nolan” I can’t talk upside down.
Bret Maverick: You can’t talk right side up, but you’re going to talk even it it’s inside out.
The Pink Lady Sextet
Notable Mentions
Overland Stage Line
Wells Fargo
Dance hall girls
Geographic References
Bowie, Arizona Territory, United States of America
Cedar City, Utah, United States of America
Deming, New Mexico Territory, United States of America, 1881
Duncan, Arizona Territory, United States of America
Faro City, New Mexico Territory, United States of America
Leadville, Colorado
Leston
Prairie Flats, New Mexico Territory, United States of America
San Francisco, California, United States of America
Ten Strike, New Mexico Territory, United States of America
Tucson, Arizona Territory, United States of America
Virginia City, Montana, United States of America
The Games People Play
Bret Maverick: Why ma’am, luck’s got nothing to do with poker.
Bret Maverick: I lost nearly two hundred dollars tonight finding out how they play poker in Ten Strike
Grub
Coffee
Scrambled eggs
Pancakes
Strawberry preserves
Toast and butter
Steak
Roast Beef
Scalloped potatoes
Music
“Little Brown Jug” (instrumental) https://www.mamalisa.com/?t=es&p=2358
“Oh, Dem Golden Slippers” (instrumental) https://www.loc.gov/item/sm1879.7901966/
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