“Homecoming”

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“Homecoming”

 

Season:             2 episode 35
Series Episode: 74
Air Date:          May 23, 1959

 

Teaser

“Well, I can see him as wild, impetuous, immature. But a killer?”

 

Employment Solicitation

Telegram

Need you. Life in danger. Come at once. Stanhope

Hammond Sentinel
Deathbed Confession Clears Ed Stacy.

Dying of gun shot wounds suffered in a futile attempt to rob the Overland Stage, Joe Barnes, a former driver, confessed to another holdup two years ago and exonerated Ed Stacy who had been convicted of the crime and sentenced to a long term in prison. Will Stanhope, president of the Overland line, announced he would personally arrange for Stacy’s release and expressed profound regret at the miscarriage of justice.

 

Fee

$3000 as payment for Paladin’s fee and any money he has to pay Ed Stacy to leave town.

 

Quotes

“Heat not a furnace for your foes so hot that it do singe yourself.”
Paladin quoting Shakespeare

 

“Heat not a furnace for your foes so hot
That it do singe yourself.”
William Shakespeare, Henry VIII Act I Scene 1 

“Now conscience wakes despair,
That slumber’d; wakes the bitter memory
Of what he was, what is, and what he must be.”
Paladin

“Now conscience wakes despair,
That slumber’d; wakes the bitter memory
Of what he was, what is, and what he must be.”
John Milton, Paradise Lost Book IV

 

Cast & Crew Lists

Cast

Character	Role	Actor	Actor Age	Status
Paladin	An arbiter	Richard Boone	41	Credited
Kim Chan "Hey Boy"	Hotel Carlton porter	Kam Tong	52	Credited
Dan Bannon	Ben Stacy's friend	Thom Carney	36	Credited
Floyd Bannon	Ben Stacy's friend	Jim (James) Hyland	45	Credited
Ben Stacy	Ed Stacy's brother	Don Mcgowan	37	Credited
Ed Stacy	Convicted stage robber	Ed Nelson	30	Credited
Will Stanhope	President of the Overland Stage Line	Lewis Martin	64	Credited
Clyde Potsie	Hammond sheriff	Dick Rich	50	Credited
	Three Forks Station bartender	Frank Gerstle	43	Credited
	Woman in the Hotel Carlton lobby	Fran Frost	45	Credited
	Deputy / Shotgun	Larry Blake	45	Credited
Joe Barnes	Stagecoach robber			Mentioned
McCormick	Paladin's innamorata			Mentioned

 

 

Crew

Director	Andrew V. McLaglen
Assistant Director	Howard Joslin
Creators	Herb Meadow & Sam Rolfe
Writer	Albert Aley
Script Supervisor	Richard Chaffee
Story Editor	Don Ingalls
Producer	Sam Rolfe
Production Manager	Glenn Cook
Director of Photography	Stuart Thompson, A.S.C.
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	Stalmaster-Lister Co.
Richard Boone's Stunt Double	Hal Needham
Production Companies	A CBS (Columbia Broadcasting System) Television Network Production, Filmaster Productions
Recording Company'	Westrex Recording System
	ATFP (Alliance of TV Film Producers)

 

 

 

Filming Location

Sets
Paramount Studios 5555 Melrose Avenue, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

 

Closing Scenes
Lone Pine, California, United States of America

 

Geographic References

Hammond, California, United States of America
San Francisco, California, United States of Amerca

 

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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