“The Cats of Paradise”
“The Cats of Paradise”
Season: 3 episode 5
Series Episode: 58
Air Date: October 11, 1959
Maverick TV series starring James Garner and Jack Kelly
A Warner Bros. production
Teaser
Bret is caterwauling over the Consolidated Cat Corporation.
Cast & Crew Lists
Cast
Crew
| Director | Arthur Lubin |
| Assistant Director | Claude Archer |
| Developed by | Roy Huggins (uncredited) |
| Teleplay | Ron Bishop / Wells Root |
| Story | L. P. Holmes |
| Executive Producer | Wm. (William) T. Orr |
| Producer | Coles Trapnell |
| Director of Photography | Edwin (B.) Dupar, A.S.C. |
| Art Director | Howard Campbell |
| Supervising Film Editor | James Moore |
| Film Editor | Walter S. Stern |
| Production Manager | Oren W. Haglund |
| Sound | M. A. Merrick |
| Set Decorator | Steven Potter |
| 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
Uli Bemus: Don’t you have a card?
Norcross: Well, I’m fresh outta ’em. Business has been so good, I’m booked up through the summer.
Allusion to Paladin in Have Gun – Will Travel. Norcross dresses all in black with silver accents and often carries a business card.
Bret: Well, Paradise lost
An allusion to Milton’s poem, “Paradise Lost.”
Bret: You keep your eye on him [“Scratch Madden”], Jack. He’s sort a’ smoky.
Floyd Gimbel: Everybody knows they’ve [Modesty and the mayor] been smoozling.
“Scratch” Madden: Rattle your hocks.
Boot Hill/Marble Orchard/Witches or Witch’s Orchard are all names for a cemetery
Bret: All the suckers are down there in the river. There’s none up here.
Notable Mentions
Wild Bill Hickok
Shanghai
Cat o’ Nine Tails
The Duke of Sacramento; A Comedy in 4 Acts, Warren Baer, 1856
Black Aces and eights: “Deadman’s hand”
Black cats
Walking under ladders
Lady
Round Table
Geographic References
Dallas,
Deadwood,
Fort Union
Paradise “Blossom of the Mother Lode,” California, United States of America
Sacramento, California, United States of America
San Francisco, California, United States of America
Vancouver, Canada
Mexico
The Golden Gate (strait), San Francisco, California, United States of America
Mother Lode, United States
The Games People Play
Norcross: Don’t tell me you wouldn’t take my last two dollars, cause you done it in Dallas.
Scratch: Mister [“Faro” Jack], them cards got a likin’ for you that ain’t normal… You’ve been dealing off the top, off the bottom, and off the in-between.
5-Card Stud Poker
Faro
Wheel of Fortune https://blackjackfuncasino.com/wheel-of-fortune/
Crooked dealing
Grub
Blackberry tonic
Coffee
Wine
Sources: Maverick episodes (written, spoken and credits), Internet Movie Database (IMDb), Wikipedia, individual observations, and others as indicated by the links.
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