“Triple Indemnity”

“Triple Indemnity”

 

 

Season: 4 episode 27

Series Episode: 106

Air Date: March 19, 1961

Maverick TV series starring Jack Kelly and Roger Moore

A Warner Bros. production

 

 

Teaser

Mother knows best.

 

Cast & Crew Lists

Cast

Character	Role	Actor	Actor Age	Status
Bart Maverick	Gambler / Con artist / Cattle buyer	Jack Kelly	33	Credited
Dr. John Holliday	Dentist / Gambler / Gunfighter	Peter Breck	32
Cabella	Snake oil elixir salesman	Mickey Simpson	47	Credited
Sam Landry	Mortician in Parkerville / Life Insurance salesman	J. Edgar McKinley	43	Credited
George Parker	Poker player / Elder Parker son	Alan Hewett	46	Credited
Mrs. Parker	George & Bill Parker's mother	Charity Grace	76	Uncredited
Bill "Willy" Parker	Younger Parker son	Ed Nelson	32	Credited
Whalen	Doctor in Parkerville / Poker player	Don Beddoe	57	Credited
Ellen	Saloon hostess / "Doc" Holliday's paramour	Laurie Mitchell	32	Credited
Slim	George Parker's bully boy / Poker player who lost $400 to Bart Maverick	Nick Pawl	30	Credited
	Hotel chef in Parkerville	Alberto Morin	59	Credited
	Announcer	Ed Reimers	58	Uncredited
Jones	George Parker's bully boy / Poker player who lost $600 to Bart Maverick	Bob Wiensko	29	Uncredited
Paul	Parkerville townsman			Uncredited
"Pop"	Drinker at Bart Maverick's party			Uncredited
	Bartender			Uncredited
	Parkerville hotel desk clerk			Uncredited
Bret Maverick	Bart Maverick's brother and beneficiary			Mentioned
Judge Bean	Judge in Parkerville with insurance			Mentioned
Walter Hale	Townsman in Parkerville with insurance			Mentioned
Ralph Johnson	Townsman in Parkerville with insurance			Mentioned
Henry Jones	Banker in Parkerville with insurance			Mentioned
Arthur Lane	Townsman in Parkerville with insurance			Mentioned
Mayor Phillips	Mayor in Parkerville with insurance			Mentioned
Louis Royse	Townsman in Parkerville with insurance			Mentioned
Silver	Sheriff in Parkerville with insurance			Mentioned
Jack Smith	Townsman in Parkerville with insurance			Mentioned
Mary Smith	Townswoman in Parkerville with insurance			Mentioned
John Williams	Townsman in Parkerville with insurance			Mentioned

 

Crew

Director	Leslie H. Martinson
Assistant Director	Jack Stubb
Developed by	Roy Huggins (uncredited)
Writer	Irene Winston
Executive Producer	Wm. (William) T. Orr
Producer	Arthur W. Silver
Director of Photography	Jacques R. Marquette
Art Director	William L. Campbell
Supervising Film Editor
Film Editor	Cliff Bell, A.S.E.
Production Manager
Sound
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
Musician: Harmonica	Tommy Morgan (uncredited)
Production Company	Warner Bros. Television
Distribution Company	American Broadcasting Company (ABC)

 

 

Dialogue/Figurative Language/Literary References/Quotes

Landry: All we need now is the name of of the beneficiary. Who will it be?
“Doc” Holliday: How ’bout, ah, how about your brother, Bret? He can use money anytime.
Bart Maverick: Ah, that’s a fine idea, Doc. Bret. B-R-E-T Maverick.
Landry: Bret Maverick. There we are. And there you are (hands Bart the policy). And welcome to the Western Insurance family.
Bart Maverick: Ah, thank you Mr. Landry.
“Doc” Holliday: Think of it, Bart. You haven’t lost a premium. You have just gained a home.
Bart Maverick: True… One hundred thousand dollars. You know Doc, I feel like a rich man.
“Doc” Holliday: Say Bart, for that kind of money, you don’t think Bret would try to kill you himself, do you?
Bart Maverick: That’s ridiculous. He’s my brother.
“Doc” Holliday: Yeah.
Bart Maverick: Still, we haven’t been too close lately.

An allusion to the fact that James Garner (Bret Maverick) left Maverick at the end of the third season.

 

Mrs. Parker: My daddy used to say, “A girl can trust any man she can outshoot.”

 

Bart: Judge not, lest ye be judged.
“Judge not, that ye be not judged.
For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again.”
Matthew 7: 1-2, The Bible, KJV

 

Bart: The man who cut off his nose to spite his face must have taken lessons from him

 

George Parker: Dear Lord, give me patience. But give it to me now.

 

Mrs. Parker: It takes a man to admit he’s been wrong, George.

 

 

Notable Mentions

 Dr. “Doc” John Henry Holliday  

 

 

Geographic References

Parkerville

 

 

The Games People Play

George Parker: How’d you get so lucky?
Bart Maverick: Oh, I just live right.

 

5-Card Draw Poker https://www.oddsshark.com/poker/games/five-card-draw

 

 

Grub

 

SalmagundySalad
Whiskey dippin’ cookies
Steak and Potatoes
Whiskey
Wine

 

 

 

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