“The Protege”
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“The Protege”
Season: 2 episode 6
Series Episode: 45
Air Date: October 18, 1958
Teaser
“Kurt, I’m going to the street and wait for you. When you come out you have two choices. Wear no gun and walk over to the jail or wear your gun and try it on me..”
Employment Solicitation
Newspaper Advertisement
TEACH ME TO QUICK
DRAW AND SHOOT.
Instruction desperately
needed. Will pay one thousand
dollars. Only experts
need apply.
See: KURT SPRAGUE,
Dixon Road,
Rapid City, California
Followup headlines
Right Angle, New Mexico newspaper
Grady King Fatally Wounded in Fight With Sprague.
Kurt Sprague Kills Toby Hawkins in Gun Fight on Main Street
Clarkson Slain in Gun Duel with Sprague.
Fee
$1000
Cast & Crew Lists
Cast
| Character | Role | Actor | Actor Age | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paladin | An arbiter | Richard Boone | 41 | Credited |
| Red Harper | Bully | Mell Wells | 34 | Credited |
| Hayes | Sheriff | William Meigs | 40 | Credited |
| Joe Sprague | Kurt Sprague's father | George Mitchell | 43 | Credited |
| Kurt Sprague | Protege | Peter Breck | 29 | Credited |
| Floyd | Man speaking at sheriff's burial | Charles Tannen | 42 | Credited |
| Bartender | Cy Malis | 51 | Credited | |
| Hotel Carlton desk clerk | Olan Soule | 49 | Credited | |
| First gun instructor | Ken Mayer | 40 | Credited | |
| Clark | Harper's friend | Uncredited | ||
| Toby | Harper's friend | Uncredited | ||
| Asian woman at Carlton | Uncredited | |||
| Man at burial | Ray Jones | 58 | Uncredited | |
| Matt Dillon | U. S. Marshal | Mentioned |
Crew
| Director | Andrew V. McLaglen |
|---|---|
| Assistant Director | Howard Joslin |
| Creators | Herb Meadow & Sam Rolfe |
| Writer | Frank D. Gilroy |
| Script Supervisor | Richard Chaffee |
| Story Editor | Don Ingalls |
| Producer | Sam Rolfe |
| Production Manager | Glenn Cook |
| Director of Photography | Howard Schwartz |
| Opening Theme Music Composer | Bernard Hermann (Herrmann) |
| "Ballad of Paladin" Singer | Johnny Western |
| "Ballad of Paladin" written by | Johnny Western, Richard Boone, Sam Rolfe |
| Supervising Editor | Fred W. Berger, A.C.E. |
| Film Editor | Samuel (Sam) Gold |
| Optical Effects | Jack Rabin & Louis DeWitt |
| Sound Editor | Roderick Sound, Inc. |
| Property Master | Mike Gordon |
| Makeup Artist | Donald (W.) Roberson |
| Hair Stylist | Madine Danks, C.H.S. |
| Wardrobe | Joseph Dimmitt |
| Set Decorator | Raymond Boltz, Jr. |
| Set Design | Paul Sylos, Jr. |
| Casting | Lynn Stalmaster and Associates |
| Richard Boone's Stunt Double | Hal Needham (Uncredited) |
| Production Companies | A CBS (Columbia Broadcasting System) Television Network Production, Filmaster Productions |
| Recording Company' | Westrex Recording System |
| ATFP (Alliance of TV Film Producers) |
Filming Locations
Sets
Paramount Studios – 5555 Melrose Avenue, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
Rapid City, California and Right Angle, New Mexico scenes
Corriganville, Ray Corrigan Ranch, Simi Valley, California, United States of America
Closing Credits background
Lone Pine – California, United States of America
Geographic References
Austin, Texas, United States of America
Nevada, United States of America
Unassigned Lands (including area that became the Oaklahoma Territory)
Orleans Canyon
Rapid City
San Francisco, California, United States of America
Sources
Have Gun – Will Travel episodes (written, spoken and credits), Internet Movie Database (IMDb), Wikipedia, individual observations, and others as indicated by the links.
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