“The Bundle From Britain”
“The Bundle From Britain”
Season: 4 episode 1
Series Episode: 80
Air Date: September 18, 1960
Maverick TV series starring Jack Kelly and Roger Moore
A Warner Bros. production
Teaser
Cousin Beau comes home from Britain.
Cast & Crew Lists
Cast
Character Role Actor Actor Age Status
Bartram "Bart" Maverick, esq. Gambler / Con artist Jack Kelly 33 Credited
Beauregard "Beau" Maverick (II) (a.k.a. Frederick Bognor / Courtney Fa bersham) Gambler / Con artist Roger Moore 32 Credited
"The Honorable" Frederick "Freddie" Bognor Card cheat / Pickpocket Robert Casper 35 Credited
Marquess of Bognor Frederick Bognor's pater Laurie Main 37 Credited
Brazos Kidnapper / Texan Max Baer (Jr.) 22 Credited
Wolf Kratkovich Captain of the Cynthia B. riverboat I. Stanford Jolley 59 Credited
McGee Irishman "Shamrock / Owner of the Bar H ranch Clancy Cooper 54 Credited
Muldoon Constable in St. Louis Rusty Wescoatt 49 Credited
Herbert Leader of the kidnappers Robert Douglas 50 Credited
Mollie Former Soho barmaid / Herbert's partner Diana Crawford 26 Credited
Pecos Kidnapper / Texan
Mickey Simpson 46 Credited
Announcer Ed Reimers 57 Uncredited
Bart's horse on trip to Bar H ranch Sickle Uncredited
Granas Deputy in St. Louis Uncredited
Colonel Memphis Poker player in white suit at Prince Hotel in St. Louis Uncredited
Colonel Mobile Poker player in light colored suit at Prince Hotel in St. Louis Uncredited
Bar patron Noble "Kid" Chissell 55 Uncredited
Bar patron Jack Henderson 64 Uncredited
Bar patron Joe Phillips 35 Uncredited
Bar patron Walter Bacon 69 Uncredited
Blue Moose bartender Uncredited
Bellhop bringing Bart the kidnapping note Uncredited
Frederick Bognor's bodyguard on Freddie's right Bob Morgan 43 Uncredited
Frederick Bognor's bodyguard on Freddie's left Carl Saxe 50 Uncredited
Carriage driver Bud Osbourne 76 Uncredited
Hotel clerk suggesting the letter to the Marquis of Bognor go by telegraph
Alberto Morin 57 Credited
Poker player at Blue Moose Saloon in St. Louis Sailor Vincent 58 Uncredited
Poker player in dark suit opposite Frederick Bognor at Prince Hotel in St. Louis Uncredited
Poker player in dark suit next to Frederick Bognor at Prince Hotel in St. Louis Uncredited
Reporter Juis Delgado 35 Uncredited
Seaman Chet Brandenburg 36 Uncredited
Seaman Danny Sands 46 Uncredited
Sheriff in Laramie Mentioned
Stagecoach passenger Nick Dimitri 27 Uncredited
Stagecoach driver to Wyoming Bob Terhune 32 Uncredited
Crew
Director Leslie H. Martinson
Developed by
Roy Huggins
Teleplay Ron Bishop
Story Primo Saxon
Executive Producer
Wm. (William) T. Orr
Producer Coles Trapnell
Director of Photography
Ralph Woolsey, A.S.C.
Art Director
William L. Campbell
Supervising Film Editor
James Moore
Film Editor
Robert Jahns / John Whitney
Set Decorator Jerry Welch
Makeup Supervisor Gordon Bau, S.M.A.
Supervising Hair Stylist Jean Burt Reilly, C.H.S.
Composer: Original Theme David Buttolph (uncredited)
Original Theme Lyrics Paul Francis Weber
Stock Music Composer Max Steiner (uncredited)
Music Supervisor Paul Sawtell / Bert Shefter
Music Editor Erma E. Levin
Musician: Harmonica Tommy Morgan (uncredited)
Production Company
Warner Bros. Television
Distribution Company
American Broadcasting Company (ABC)
Dialogue/Figurative Language/Literary References/Quotes
Carriage Driver: No, no, not me. ‘Longside of them lacquered up leopards *, the Battle of Bull Run was quiet and bred; ridin’ in the whale bottom.
Meaning: “Ridin’ in the whale bottom”. may be similar to “riding in the belly of a whale.” from the biblical story of Jonah and the Whale (Book of Jonah, The Bible), in which case the “belly of a whale” represents the most horrible and depressing place in which one finds him or herself.
*Third definition.
Beau: …and to top the pudding off.
Beau Maverick: I tried, but he kept ranting on about my being the white sheep of the family.
Meaning: the inverse of “the black sheep” of the family.
“Freddie” Bognor: And so the old walrus, my father, thought of me.
Meaning: a variety of allusions are offered: fat, ugly, having a mustache that droops downward, gregarious, one who displays the attitudes of a walrus.
McKee: …get this plum pudding back in the saddle.
(Second definition)
Mollie: “You walk around straight as an andiron, practicing things like, ‘The grain in this plain could never grow in Spain.
Beau: You’ve got it, by Jove, you’ve got it.
A purposeful misquote of lines from the musical My Fair Lady (1956) by Alan Jay Lerner (book and lyrics) and Frederick Loewe (music)(based on George Bernard Shaw’s 1913 play Pygmalion), referencing changing Mollie into a lady for the Marquis.
Marquis: For Queen and Country!
McKee: Over the housetop. Ireland Forever!
Freddie (to Wolf): Tote that bale, lift that barge.
Reference to the musical “Showboat” by Jerome Kern (music), Oscar Hammerstein II (lyrics script) and Florenz Ziegfeld (producer), specifically from the song “Old Man River,” quoted in comical reverse: “Tote that barge, lift that bale.” original text.
Notable Mentions
Battle of Bull Run
British Lion
Inscription Rock
Christopher Columbus – poor navigation
Prince Hotel in St. Louis
George Washington’s teeth
French Atlantic Telegraph Co.
Riverboat
Paul Revere
William the Conqueror
English public school
Geographic References
Bozeman Trail
Kabul, Afghanistan https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabul
Laramie, Wyoming, United States of America https://www.wyohistory.org/encyclopedia/brief-history-laramie-wyoming
Liverpool, England https://www.ggarchives.com/OceanTravel/Passengers/Ports/Liverpool-PassengerLists.html
New Orleans, Louisiana, United States https://portnola.com/info/port-101/history
Piccadilly Circus, London, England https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piccadilly_Circus
Samarkand
Soho, London, England
St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America
Mississippi River
Wyoming Territory, United States of America
Ireland (use inset to navigate the history of various years in Ireland)
The Games People Play
5-Card Draw Poker https://www.casino.org/blog/5-card-draw-poker/
Four card draw – (on a declared 3 card draw) Three from the deck and one from the sleeve.
Grub
Frenched veal chops on sorrel leaves
Green beans and carrots
Hardboiled egg
Roasted Lemon
Mashed potatoes
Mayonnaise
Wine
Prime Rib
Salmagundy
Cucumber rounds with cream cheese and anchovy flats
Whiskey
Plum pudding
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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