“Mano Nera”
“Mano Nera”
Season: 4 episode 6
Series Episode: 85
Air Date: October 23, 1960
Maverick TV series starring Jack Kelly and Roger Moore
A Warner Bros. production
Teaser
It is Bart’s hand. How will he play it?
Cast & Crew Lists
Cast
Character Role Actor Actor Age Status
Bart Maverick Gambler / Con artist Jack Kelly 33 Credited
Anselmo Agostino Grocer store proprietor Joe Garcio 56 Credited
Giacomo Beretti Importer - owner of Beretti & Col Gerald Mohr 46 Credited
Carla Marchese Giovanni Marchese's sister Myrna Fahey 27 Credited
Giovanni Marchese
Leader in the Italian community in New Orleans / Carla Marchese's brother / El Capo John Beradino 43 Credited
Noonan
Police Officer / Berreti informant Paul Bryar 50 Credited
Joe Petrino Police lieutenant in New Orleans Anthony Caruso 44 Credited
Thomas Rawlins Chief of Police in New Orleans Frank Wilcox 53 Credited
Alberto Business leader Edward Colmans 52 Credited
Calvini Beretti's employee Jerome Loden Credited
Hotel desk clerk Arthur Marshall 41 Credited
Hotel detective Nesdon Booth 42 Credited
Announcer Ed Reimers 57 Uncredited
Henry Bayard guest Uncredited
Roselia Marchese maid Uncredited
Beretti's barber Uncredited
Carriage Driver Carl Pitti 44 Uncredited
Henry's wife / Bayard guest Gail Bonney 58 Uncredited
Merchant Paul Christo 52 Uncredited
Merchant Rudy Germane 50 Uncredited
Merchant Jose Portugal 52 Uncredited
Merchant Joe Walls 44 Uncredited
Passerby Stephen Soldi 61 Uncredited
Poker player Jack Henderson 65 Uncredited
Fitcock Former chief of police / Friend of Bart Maverick Mentioned
Elsa Carla Marchese's friend Mentioned
Crew
Director Reginald Le Bog
Assistant Director
Developed by
Roy Huggins (uncredited)
Teleplay Leo Gordon / Paul Leslie Peil
Story Tom Kilpatrick
Executive Producer
Wm. (William) T. Orr
Producer
Director of Photography
Art Director
Supervising Film Editor
Film Editor
Sound
Set Director
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 (uncredtied)
Music Supervisor
Music Editor
Musician: Harmonica Tommy Morgan (uncredited)
Production Company
Warner Bros. Television
Distribution Company
American Broadcasting Company (ABC)
Dialogue/Figurative Language/Literary References/Quotes
Joe Petrino: Mano Nera means “Black Hand.”
Notable Mentions
Organized crime
Protection Racket
Italian Quarter in New Orleans
Mardi Gras
The Royale Hotel
Mardi Gras
Geographic References
Natchez, Mississippi, United States of America
New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America (where new constable is from)
St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America .
Canal Street, French Quarter, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America
Italian Colony, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America
Rue Royale, French Quarter, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America
Sicily
The Games People Play
Giacomo Berretti: I hear you have a fondness for poker.
Bart Maverick: You could say that’s one of my vices.
Giacomo Berretti: Then perhaps you’d be kind enough to indulge in a game with me.
Bart Maverick: My pleasure…
Bart Maverick: I get enough excitement from poker games.
Poker
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