“Substitute Gun”
“Substitute Gun”
Season: 4 episode 29
Series Episode: 108
Air Date: April 2, 1961
Maverick TV series starring Jack Kelly and Roger Moore
A Warner Bros. production
Teaser
There’s a joker in the deck – and it’s Bart.
Cast & Crew Lists
Cast
Character Role Actor Actor Age Status
Bart Maverick Gambler / Con artist / Hired assassin / Croupier at the Golden Eagle / Sheriff's informant Jack Kelly 33 Credited
Greta Blauvelt (nee Malone) Tom Blauvelt's wife / Connie Malone's sister Colleen Gray 38 Uncredited
Tom Blauvelt Golden Eagle Saloon owner / Greta Blauvelt's sister Robert Rockwell 44 Credited
Lou Coleman Sheriff of Spearhead Walter Sands 55 Credited
Wilbur "Smiley" Drake Professional killer Jackie Searl 39 Credited
Ezra "Ez" Grouch Mortician in Spearheadr (Norman) Norm Levit 46 Credited
Constance "Connie" Malone Saloon singer / Greta Blauvelt's sister Joan Marshall 29 Credited
Clete Spain Spearhead House saloon owner Carlos Romero 34 Credited
Golden Eagle piano player Harry Seymour 69 Credited
Stableman in Spearhead Joseph Hamilton 62 Credited
Announcer Ed Reimers 58 Uncredited
Morrison Settler Uncredited
Malcom Quint Bank teller Uncredited
"Red" Golden Eagle bartender Boyd "Red" Morgan 45 Uncredited
Brawler in jacket Bennie E. Dobbins 28 Uncredited
Brawler in large plaid, long-sleeved shirt Bob Terhune 32 Uncredited
Townsman telling Bart the sheriff's whereabouts Tom Kennedy 34 Uncredited
Spearhead townsman who says Coleman is out of town Uncredited
Kelly One of three Kelly's Tom Blauvelt knows Mentioned
Kelly Owner of Kelly's Saloon in St. Louis Mentioned
"Papa" Malone Connie and Greta Malone's father Mentioned
Crew
Director Paul Landres
Assistant Director John F. (Francis) Murphy
Developed by
Roy Huggins (uncredited)
Teleplay Howard Browne
Story Berne Giler
Executive Producer
Wm. (William) T. Orr
Producer Arthur W. Silver
Director of
Photography
Willard Van der Veer
Art Director
William (L.) Campbell
Supervising Film Editor
James Moore
Film Editor
Clarence Kolster, A.C.E.
Production Manager
Sound M. A. Merrick / John K. Kean
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
Smiley: Well, I’ll be fried for bacon.
Tom Blauvelt: At the Golden Eagle, the customer’s always right.
Notable Mentions
Tom Blauvelt: …Clete Spain opened the Spearhead House three months ago. Oh, you’ll be seeing him. He’s a tall, dark, slender fellow. Slick as a greased pig on ice.
This may be a combination of two phrases: “Slick as a greased pig” and “Independent as a hog on ice.”
Geographic References
Abilene, Kansas, United States of America
Dodge City, Kansas, United States of America
Spearhead
St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America
The Games People Play
Grub
Beans
Beer
Coffee
Music
“Who’s Going To Walk Me Home Tonight” (vocals)
“I Want a Man” (vocals)
“Sweet Betsy From Pike” (instrumental)
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