“Hadley’s Hunters”
Season: 4 episode 2
Series Episode: 81
Air Date: September 25, 1960
Maverick TV series starring Jack Kelly and Roger Moore
A Warner Bros. production
Teaser
Bart the Bounty Hunter goes after a huge reward – his neck!
Cast & Crew Lists
Cast
Character Role Actor Actor Age Status
Bart Maverick (a.k.a. "Mangler" Maverick ) Gambler / Con artist Jack Kelly 33 Credited
Boggs Hadley hunter in bib shirt Gregg Barton 48 Credited
Cheyenne Bodie Wanderer on a fast horse Clint Walker 33 Credited
"Dad" Brewster
Rancher / Molly's father
Harry Harvey, Sr 59 Credited
Molly Brewster Love interest of Cherokee Evans Andra Martin 25 Credited
Tom "Sugarfoot" Brewster Lawyer reading Law Reports Will Hutchins 28 Credited
Copes Writing Hadley's memoirs Howard McNear 55 Credited
Elder (a.k.a. Jones) Deputy in Hadley wearing a checkered shirt George Kennedy 35 Credited
Elder ( a.k.a. McCabe) Deputy in Hadley Robert (J.) Wilke 46 Credited
Elder (a.k.a. Smith "Smitty') Deputy in Hadley James Gavin 40 Credited
"Cherokee" Dan Evans Rustler / horse thief / Stagecoach robber Robert Colbert 29 Credited
Hadley Sheriff of Hadley Edgar Buchanan 57 Credited
Bronco Lane Man exiting bar fight through bat wings and into the street Ty Harden 30 Credited
Johnny McKay Deputy in Laramie Peter Brown 24 Credited
Pender Bartender in Hadley's saloon Herb Vigran 50 Credited
Dan Troop Marshal in Laramie John Russell 39 Credited
Albert Hadley's photographer Rosco Ates 65 Credited
Gus Bartender in La Gardena Murray Alper 56 Credited
Wesley Hadley Hunter wearing vest Craig Duncan 41 Credited
Stable boy at the Livery located at 77 Cherokee Strip
Edward (Edd) Byrnes 28 Credited
Announcer Ed Reimers 57 Uncredited
Horse curried at the livery at 77 Cherokee Strip Sickle Uncredited
Clint Stagecoach driver Uncredited
Myron Pender's horse Uncredited
Barber in Hadley's Tonsorial Parlor Jack O'Shea 54 Uncredited
Bar patron Emile Avery 52 Uncredited
Hadley hunter wearing plaid shirt Rod McGaughy 36 Uncredited
Hadley hunter Joe Walls 44 Uncredited
Hadley hunter Uncredited
Manicurist at Hadley's Tonsorial Parlor Uncredited
Winning poker player in La Gardena saloon Uncredited
Townsman Jack Perrin 64 Uncredited
"Peg Leg" Brand Stage robber Mentioned
"Cripple-Creek" Castohley Robber Mentioned
Christopher Colt Undercover government agent (a.k.a. Pistol salesman for Colt Patent Firearms of Hartford Connecticut) Mentioned
Wild Bill Garrison Attempted to smuggled Chinese to Hadley Mentioned
"Happy" Hogan Card cheat Mentioned
John "Slick" Mapes Card cheat Mentioned
"Breed" Mason Ruster Mentioned
"Hog Leg" Smith Rustler Mentioned
"Trigger" Trevor Bank robber Mentioned
Bounty hunter that keeps falling off his horse with a mare's leg Mentioned
Crew
Director Leslie H. Martinson
Assistant Director Richard ("Dick") L'Estrange
Developed by
Roy Huggins
Teleplay Patrick Wallace
Story William Henderson / Jeanne Nolan
Executive Producer
Wm. (William) T. Orr
Producer Coles Trapnell
Director of Photography
Bert Clennon
Art Director
William L. Campbell
Supervising Film Editor
James Moore
Film Editor
Fred Bohanan
Sound Ross Ownen
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
Music Supervisor Paul Sawtell / Bert Shefter
Music Editor George Marsh
Musician: Harmonica Tommy Morgan (uncredited)
Production Company
Warner Bros. Television
Distribution Company
American Broadcasting Company (ABC)
Dialogue/Figurative Language/Literary References/Quotes
Bart Maverick: It’s a matter of pressing circumstances.
Hadley: What pressing circumstances?
Bart Maverick: Circumstances involving a billfold pressed flatter than a mallard’s instep.
Bartender: You’d have a better chance getting bit by a rattlesnake with the rabies.
Promotion of other Warner Brother Television series
Lawman (10/5/1958 – 6/24/1962)
Cheyenne (9/20/55 – 12/17/1962)
Sugar Foot (9/17/1957 – 4/17/1961)
Bronco (9/23/1958 – 4/30/1962)
77 Sunset Strip (10/10//1958 – 2/7/1964)
Nod to a Four Star Production: Wanted: Dead or Alive (9/6/1958 – 3/29/1961)
Tip of the hat to the defunct Colt .45 (10/18/1957 – 6/21/1960)
Notable Mentions
Colt Patent Firearms, Hartford, Connecticut, United States of America
Geographic References
Hadley “Rose of the West”
Kansas, United States of America
La Gardena
Three Forks
Alamo’s Canyon
The Games People Play
Grub
Coffee
Bar food:
Hard boiled eggs
1” white cheese squares
Thin whole wheat bread
Mustard
Ham
Fried onions
Mashed potatoes
T-bone Steak
Life Saver
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