“Bolt from the Blue”
“Bolt From the Blue”
Season: 4 episode 11
Series Episode: 90
Air Date: November 27, 1960
Maverick TV series starring Jack Kelly and Roger Moore
A Warner Bros. production
Teaser
Beau is left hanging when he helps an old man.
Cast & Crew Lists
Cast
Character Role Actor Actor Age Status
Beauregard "Beau" Maverick II Gambler / Con artist Roger Moore 33 Credited
Ebenezer "Eben" Bolt
Horse thief Tim Graham 52 Credited
Bradley Posse member Percy Helton 66 Credited
Angelica Garland Mary Louise Garland's sister (a.k.a. Benson January's fiancee) Fay Spain 28 Credited
Hookstraten Circuit judge Richard Hale 68 Credited
Benson January (a.k.a. Mr. Wood) Horse thief Owen Bush 39 Credited
Starkey Posse Member
Charles E. Fredericks 42 Credited
Junior Posse member / Starkey's son Arnold Merritt 21 Credited
Hotel desk clerk Connie Van 53 Credited
Lawyer
Will Hutchins 28 Credited
Announcer Ed Reimers 58 Uncredited
Gumlegs Beau's chestnut horse with a star and front white socks Uncredited
Defendant pronounced guilty Uncredited
Townsman John Bose 59 Uncredited
Townsman Fred Carson 37 Uncredited
Townsman Tony Dante 29 Uncredited
Townsman Bob Terhune 32 Uncredited
Mary Louise Garland Angelica Garland' sister Mentioned
Beauregard Maverick "Beau" Maverick's uncle / Played poker with Ebenezer Bolt in Deadwood Mentioned
Ebenezer Bolt's daughter in St. Louis Mentioned
Crew
Director Robert Altman
Assistant Director Rex Bailey
Developed by
Roy Huggins (uncredited)
Writer Robert Altman
Executive Producer
Wm. (William) T. Orr
Producer
Director of Photography
Harold (E.) Stine, A.S.C.
Art Director
William L. Campbell
Supervising Film Editor
Film Editor
Lloyd Nosler
Sound
Set Decorator Alfred Kegerris
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 Paul Sawtell / Bert Shefter
Music Editor
Musician: Harmonica Tommy Morgan (uncredited)
Production Company
Warner Bros. Television
Distribution Company
American Broadcasting Company (ABC)
Dialogue/Figurative Language/Literary References/Quotes
“The Lawyer” bears a striking resemblance to the “Sugarfoot” character appearing in the series of the same name (1957-1961) Beau remarks that he “looks familiar.” Could it be a reference to the fact that “Sugarfoot” appeared in rotating episodes with Cheyenne (Season 1) and Cheyenne, Bronco (Season 2), and Bronco (Season 3), which meant that in a 4 year run, “Sugarfoot, ” only had 69 episodes, roughly equivalent to a 2-year run for a sequential series. Sugarfoot was set in the Oklahoma Territory.
Ebenezer Bolt: Our lives ain’t worth a plug nickel if he catches us.
Benson January: Well, handsome is as handsome does.
Notable Mentions
State Street, St. Louis
Hanging Tree
Geographic References
Dry Red
St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America
Deadwood, Dakota Territory, United States of America
The Games People Play
Grub
“Old Hen” Beau: It sets 21 days.*
Candy
* The average time a hen spends hatching an egg
Music
“The Hanging Tree” (vocals)
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