“The Resurrection of Joe November”

“The Resurrection of Joe November”

 

Season: 3 episode 24

Series Episode: 77

Air Date: February 28, 1960

Maverick TV series starring James Garner and Jack Kelly

A Warner Bros. production

 

 

Teaser

Mardi Gras intrigue.

 

Cast & Crew Lists

Cast

Character	Role	Actor	Actor Age	Status
Bret Maverick	Gambler / Con artist /	James Garner	31	Credited
Bessie Bison	Willie Saffon's girlfriend	Nita Talbot	29	Credited
Felice de Lassignac	Daughter of Baron de Lassignac	Roxane Berard	27	Credited
Captain Nelson	Riverboat captain	Forrest Lewis	60	Credited
Joe November (a.k.a. Willie Saffron)	Bartender at the Absinthe House / Former majordomo at the de Lassignac estate	Don "Red" Barry	48	Credited
Felice Schmidt (a.k.a. Baroness Felice de Lassignac)	Card shark / Former maid at the de Lassignac estate	Joanna Barnes	25	Credited
Baron Thor von Und Zu Himmelstern	Opportunist	Charles Maxwell	46	Credited
Brother Ambrose	Monk at the Saint Louis Cathedral	Harry Cheshire	68	Credited
	Attendant at the Maison de Lassignac Musee Historique	Anthony Caruso	43	Credited
	Chief of police	Kelly Thordson	43	Credited
	Announcer	Ed Reimers	57	Uncredited
Johnny	New Orleans policeman 2			Uncredited
Rick	New Orleans policeman 1			Uncredited
	Bar patron (Voice only)			Uncredited
	Blackjack player	George De Normand	56	Uncredited
	Blackjack player 2			Uncredited
	Blackjack player 3			Uncredited
	Helper	Luis Delgado	34	Uncredited
	Mardi Gras Celebrant	Walter Bacon	68	Uncredited
	Maison De Lassignac Musee Historique attendant	Bill Walker	63	Uncredited
	Pawn shop owner	Bill Erwin	46	Uncredited
	German speaking riverboat passenger	Emile Avery	51	Uncredited
Monsieur Antoine de Lassignac	Felicie de Lassignac's father / Wealthy man			Mentioned
Beauregard "Pappy" Maverick	Bret Maverick's father			Mentioned
	Empress of France			Mentioned
	Emperor of France			Mentioned
	New Orleans undertaker with 6 carriages for the bereaved family, 10 professional mourners, 4 piece band, couple of wreaths			Mentioned

 

Crew

Director	Leslie Goodwins
Assistant Director	Claude Binyon, Jr.
Developed by	Roy Huggins
Writer	Leonard Praskins
Executive Producer	Wm. (William) T. Orr
Producer	Coles Trapnell
Director of Photography	Ray Fernstrom, A.S.C.
Art Director	John Ewing
Supervising Film Editor	James Moore
Film Editor	Lloyd Nosler
Production Manager	Oren W. Haglund
Sound	Francis E. Stahl / John Jensen
Set Decorator	Frank M. Miller
Makeup Supervisor	Gordon Bau, S.M.A.
Composer: Original Theme	David Buttolph (uncredited)
Original Theme Lyrics	Paul Francis Weber
Music Supervisor	Paul Sawtell / Bert Shefter
Music Editor	Louis ("Lou") W. Gordon
Musician: Harmonica	Tommy Morgan (uncredited)
Production Company	Warner Bros. Television
Distribution Company	American Broadcasting Company (ABC)

 

 

Dialogue/Figurative Language/Literary References/Quotes

Bret Maverick: Met a pretty girl yesterday who took me to the cleaners and didn’t even leave me a laundry mark.

 

Joe November as Willie Saffron: We had ourselves a real rowdydowdy here. A lady was chasin’ her gentleman friend with a hatpin. She scarred up the bar.

 

 

Notable Mentions

Old Absinthe House, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America
Graf Bismarck
Franco-Prussian War
Mardi Gras
Alexandre Dumas, pere
Vespers
Louis-Napolean
German Eagle
St. Louis Cathedral
Yellow fever epidemic
Emperor of France
Empress of France
The Queen’s Necklace
The Queen’s Necklace, Alexandre Dumas, pere,
Marie Antoinette
St. Charles Hotel, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America
Ursuline nuns
Galahad
King Arthur
Guenivere
Lancelot
Round Table
Crusades
Ash Wednesday
Lent  

 

 

Geographic References

New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America
Natchez, Mississippi
Europe
Rhine River  

 

 

 

The Games People Play

Poker
Whist
Vignt et un (Twenty-one) / Blackjack
Red Dog  

 

 

 

Grub

Brandy
Catfish
Champagne
Sazrac

 

 

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