“The Posse”

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“The Posse”

 

Season:             3 episode 4
Series Episode: 82
Air Date:          October 3, 1959

 

Teaser

“You’re like men killting a rabbit with clubs. The more it squeals and runs the harder you beat at it. I want you to think.”

 

Employment Solicitation

Self-employed

 

Fee

None

 

Quotes

“And in anger our lips shall form the truth.”
Paladin quoting Herodotus The Second Essay

 

 

We can contend with evil that men do in the name of evil but heaven protect us from what they do in the name of good.”
Paladin quoting Herodotus Third Essay

 

 

“Heaven help us from what men do in the name of good.”
Paladin
Note: This is the only quote Paladin references twice in the same episode.

 

Cast & Crew Lists

Cast

Character	Role	Actor	Actor Age	Status
Paladin	An arbiter	Richard Boone	42	Credited
Perth	Posse member	Bill (William) Wellman, Jr.	22	Credited
McKay	Posse member	Denver Pyle	39	Credited
Dobie O'Brien	Witness against Paladin	Perry Cook		Credited
"Curly"	Posse member	Ken Curtis	43	Credited
	Posse member	Paul Sorenson (Sorensen)	33	Credited
	Posse member	Hal Needham	28	Credited
	Sheriff	Harry Carey, Jr.	48	Credited
	Posse member			Credited
Mr. Willis	Husband			Mentioned
Mrs. Willis	Wife			Mentioned

 

 

Crew

Director	Andrew V. McLaglen
Assistant Director	Jack Voglin
Creators	Herb Meadow & Sam Rolfe
Writers	Gene Roddenberry
Script Supervisor	Richard Chaffee
Story Editor	Frank R. Pierson
Producer	Sam Rolfe
Production Manager	Howard Joslin
Director of Photography	Stuart Thompson, A.S.C.
Art Director	Walter E. Keller
Opening Theme Music Composer	Bernard Hermann (Herrmann)
"Ballad of Paladin" Singer	Johnny Western
"Ballad of Paladin" written by	Johnny Western, Richard Boone, Sam Rolfe
Music Editor	Gene Feldman
Production Supervisor	Dewey Starkey
Film Editor	Samuel (Sam) Gold
Sound Editor	Roderick Sound, Inc.
Sound Effects	Gene Eliot, M.P.S.E.
Property Master	Arthur Friedrich
Makeup Artist	Donald (W.) Roberson
Hair Stylist	Madine Danks, C.H.S.
Wardrobe	Joseph Dimmitt
Set Decorator	Herman N. Schoenbrun & Charles Vassar
Casting	Stalmaster-Lister Co.
Richard Boone's Stunt Double	Hal Needham
Production Companies	A CBS (Columbia Broadcasting System) Television Network Production
Recording Company'	Westrex Recording System

 

 

 

Filming Locations

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

 

Closing Credits background
Lone Pine, California, United States of America

 

Geographic Reference

Sante Fe, New Mexico, 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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