The Money Machine”  

 

Season: 5 episode 12

Series Episode: 123

Air Date: April 8, 1962

Maverick TV series starring Jack Kelly

A Warner Bros. production

 

 

Teaser

Two peas in a pod.

 

 

Cast & Crew Lists

Cast

CharacterRoleActorActor AgeStatus
Bart Maverick (a.k.a. Uncle Dimple Dumpling / "Colonel" Bartholomew Maverick)Gambler / Con artist Jack Kelly34Credited
"Cannonball" Clyde BassettMark re: Diamond machine / Hold an IOU from Beauregard "Pappy" MaverickTed DeCorsia (de Corsia)56Credited
Mark ConwayKansas City mark re: money machineGuy Wilkerson62Credited
HodgekinsMarshal in DenverCharles Fredricks63Credited
Klaus JonckbloetDiamond dealer from AmsterdamSig Ruman 77Credited
"London" Louis LatimerConfidence man / "big" ed Murphy's partnerPatrick Westwood37Credited
"Big" Ed MurphyConfidence manAndrew Duggan38Credited
Professor ReynardCon artist: Owner of a diamond-making machineHenry Corden42Credited
Hal SmytheKansas City mark re: money machineNesdon Booth43Credited
Jaqueline "Jackie" SuttonSinger - actress wannabe / Cousin to Bart Maverick / Kathy Bennett18Credited
Denver House bellboyFrank London37Credited
Announcer Ed Reimers59Uncredited
Denver House night desk clerk Uncredited
Dice croupier Uncredited
Gambler in Kansas CityLouis Elias28Uncredited
Hardware store ownerUncredited
Kansas City Hotel desk clerk Uncredited
Train agent in Kansas City Uncredited
GuthieOwner of Guthrie's Costumers for the Theatrical Profession Mentioned
Beauregard "Pappy" MaverickBart Maverick's father / Jaqueline Sutton's uncle Mentioned
Mrs. Murphy"Big" Ed Murphy's "sainted" mother
Mentioned

 

Crew

DirectorLee Sholem
Assistant DirectorSergei Petshnikoff / Bill (William) Kissell (uncredited)
Developed by
Roy Huggins (uncredited)
WriterRobert Vincent Wright
Executive Producer

Wm. (William) T. Orr
ProducerWilliam L. Stuart
Supervising ProducerArthur W. Silver
Director of
Photography
Robert Tobey, A.S.C.
Lamp OperatorEarl C. Williman
Art Director
LeRoy Dean
Supervising Film Editor
Film Editor

Cliff Bell, A.C.E.. / Clarence Kolster (uncredited)
Production Manager
SoundFrank McWhorter
Set DecoratorJack H. Ahern
Makeup SupervisorGordon Bau, S.M.A.
Supervising Hair StylistJean Burt Reilly, C.H.S.
Composer: Original ThemeDavid Buttolph (uncredited)

Original Theme LyricsPaul Francis Weber
Stock Music ComposerMax Steiner (uncredtied)
Music Composer
Music Supervisor
Music EditorSam E. Levin
Musician: HarmonicaTommy Morgan (uncredited)
Production Company
Warner Bros. Television
Distribution Company
American Broadcasting Company (ABC)

 

 

Dialogue/Figurative Language/Literary References/Quotes

Bart Maverick: Ah, there’s one thing we Mavericks have in common, it’s a family stick-togetherness.

 

Jackie” Sutton: And they fell for it?
Bart Maverick:
Hook, line, and sinker 

Big” Ed Murphy: Well, gentlemen, it looks like the young lady has us over a barrel.  

 

Bart Maverick: According to “Pappy” the easiest man to con is a conman.
“Jackie” Sutton: Well, he should know.

 

Pappy (telegram): You are an unmitigated birdbrain

Pappy: Imagine losing ten thousand dollars. You immutable butterfingers.

Bart: Sweet Mortimer’s mustache, they were real.

 

 

Notable Mentions

Hercules 

Agean stables

Jenny Lind  

United States Treasury Department

The mint in Denver

Texas Twang 

Geographic References

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Denver, Colorado, United States of America

Indiana, United States of America

Kansas City, Missouri, United States of America

St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America

New York, New York, United States of America

Topeka, Kansas, United States of America

Washington, D. C., United States of America

Arkansas, United States of America

California, United States of America (Sound)  

Amsterdam, Holland

Texas, United States of America

 

 

The Games People Play

Poker 

Hazard  

Grub

Silver Dessert Tray : Cake slices, pie wedges, cookies
Clafoutis

 

Music

Who’s Gonna Walk Me Home Tonight” (vocals)
Oh, My Darling Clementine” (instrumental)  

 

 

 

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