“The Cactus Switch”
“The Cactus Switch”
Season: 4 episode 18
Series Episode: 97
Air Date: January 15, 1961
Maverick TV series starring Jack Kelly and Roger Moore
A Warner Bros. production
Teaser
Beau matches wits with a pair of con artists and a family led by a wily thief.
Cast & Crew Lists
Cast
Character Role Actor Actor Age Status
Bart Maverick (a.k.a. Brad Edmunds) Gambler / Con artist Jack Kelly 33 Credited
Beauregard "Beau" Maverick II Gambler / Con artist Roger Moore 33 Credited
Mutt Craven Member of "Red" Daniel's gang Brad Weston 32 Credited
Ben Daniels "Red" Daniel's son Robert Logan 19 Credited
Jimmy Daniels "Red" Daniel's son Tom Gilson 27 Credited
"Red" Daniels Prisoner
Edgar Buchnan 57 Credited
"Ed" (a.k.a. Lawrence Deville)
Confidence man Peter Hansen 39 Credited
Lana Cane (a.k.a. Mrs. Deville) Necklace owner / Confidence woman Fay Spain 28 Credited
Andy Gish Stagecoach driver Chubby Johnson 57 Credited
Dottie Rand Stagecoach passenger that is killed Gayla Graves 20 Credited
Ed Spencer Stagecoach passenger that is killed Walter Reed 44 Credited
Bill Wright Sheriff Lane Chandler 61 Credited
Flossie Going to New Orleans with "Beau" Maverick Carolyn Komant 19 Credited
Announcer Ed Riemers 58 Uncredited
Gates Poker player Bob Hoy 33 Uncredited
Mueller Jeweler in Green River Harry Harvey 31 Uncredited
Stean Green River banker Paul Keast 58 Uncredited
Charlie Bartender in Green River Charles Morton 52 Uncredited
Duke Stagecoach shotgun Uncredited
Monty Card cheat Dale Van Sickle 53 Uncredited
Bar patron Joe Phillips 36 Uncredited
Bar patron Danny Sands 46 Uncredited
Green River Hotel desk clerk Mike Lally 60 Uncredited
Gambler Loyal Lucas 56 Uncredited
Kibitzer Jack Henderson 65 Uncredited
American Indian in Green River Charles Soldani 66 Uncredited
Cane Lana Cane's husband Mentioned
Miller Proprietor of Miller's Livery Stable in Green River Mentioned
Mrs. Stean Stean's wife Mentioned
Lana Cane's mother Mentioned
Crew
Director george waGGner
Assistant Director Rex Bailey
Developed by
Roy Huggins (uncredited)
Writer Fenton Earnshaw
Executive Producer
Wm. (William) T. Orr
Producer Howie Horwitz
Director of Photography
Elias W. Carter, A.S.C.
Art Director
William L. Campbell
Supervising Film Editor
Film Editor
Lloyd Nosler
Production Manager
Sound Robert B. Lee
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 (uncredtied)
Music Supervisor Paul Sawtell / Bert Shefter
Music Editor Charles Paley
Musician: Harmonica Tommy Morgan (uncredited)
Production Company
Warner Bros. Television
Distribution Company
American Broadcasting Company (ABC)
Dialogue/Figurative Language/Literary References/Quotes
Monty: Same dog bit me. (Sound)
Meaning: I want the same thing as the prior person received.
Notable Mentions
Mardi Gras
Cherokee
Steamboat packet
Geographic References
Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
Daggit (Pennsylvania, Michigan, Indiana, California, Arkansas)
Dodge City, Kansas, United States of America
Green River, Wyoming Territory, United States of America
Mill’s Spring
New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America
San Francisco, California, United States of America
St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America
Texas, United States of America
Mexico
The Games People Play
Gates: “I’ll tap you”
Marked cards read with glasses
Grub
Music
“Skip to my Lou” (instrumental)
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