“You Can’t Beat the Percentage”

“You Can’t Beat the Percentage”

 

 

Season: 3 episode 4

Series Episode: 57

Air Date: October 4, 1959

Maverick TV series starring James Garner and Jack Kelly

A Warner Bros. production

 

Teaser

Lots of games are being played.

 

 

Cast & Crew Lists

Cast

Character	Role	Actor	Actor Age	Status
Bart Maverick	Gambler / Con artist	Jack Kelly	32	Credited
Dave Lindell	Buckhorn Saloon owner	Gerald Mohr	45	Credited
Bill Satchel	Sheriff	Dan Riss	48	Credited
"Brazo's Kid"	Myra's husband	Ray Daley	27	Credited
Charlie	Houseman working for the Buckhorn Saloon	Michael Harris		Credited
Harry	Dealer at the Buckhorn Saloon / Card mechanic	Joe Partridge	29	Credited
Myra	Saloon girl	Karen Steele	28	Credited
"Pop"	Gravedigger / Headstone carver	Tim Graham	51	Credited
	Announcer	Ed Reimers	56	Uncredited
	Bart Maverick's horse	Sickle		Uncredited
Joe	One of the men guarding the Buckhorn
	Bar patron	George Bell	60	Uncredited
	Buckhorn Saloon bartender	Jack Perrin	63	Uncredited
	Townsman	Joe Walls	43	Uncredited
	Two other men guarding the Buckhorn			Uncredited
	Wedding guest	Kermit Maynard	62	Uncredited

 

Crew

Director	george waGGner
Assistant Director	C. Carter Gibson
Developed by	Roy Huggins (uncredited)
Writer	george waGGner
Executive Producer	Wm. (William) T. Orr
Producer	Coles Trapnell
Director of Photography	Wesley Anderson
Art Director	Howard Campbell
Supervising Film Editor	James Moore
Film Editor	George E. Luckenbacher
Production Manager	Oren W. Haglund
Sound	Howard Fogetti
Set Decorator	Glenn P Thompson
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

 

Joe Blow  

 

 

Notable Mentions

Bill Hickock
Black Hill’s Gold Stampede  

 

 

Geographic References

Arroyo, Texas, United States of America
East St. Louis, Illinois, United States of America
Sante Fe, New Mexico Territory, United States of America
St. Joseph “St. Joe,” Missouri, United States of America
Texas, United States of America 

 

 

The Games People Play

5-Card Draw Poker
California Poker (5-Card Draw limited to table stakes where players can open on anything)
Twenty-one / Blackjack
Housemen (house player)

 

 

Grub

Bacon
Cheese, quarter slice squares
Coffee
Eggs
Grapes
Sandwich without mustard
Whiskey

 

 

Error

Bart: He ran through a patch of light in front of the Bon Temps.

The patch of light is at the Buckhorn‘s back door.

 

 

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